Crawford v. Liston

This case is here on appeal and was submitted upon an agreed statement of facts.

The action is one in foreclosure, and the property involved is “registered” land; and the dispute arises as to the priority between the plaintiff’s second mortgage and the mechanic’s lien of the defendant the Gough Lumber Company upon said land.

The premises were sold by the plaintiff, R. K. Crawford, by warranty deed to the defendants Listons on February 4, 1927. The deed was recorded, and a registered certificate of title was issued to them on February 21, 1927.

A mortgage for the unpaid purchase price wrs given…