Planters Lumber Co. v. Jack Collier East Co.

356 S.W.2d 631 (1962)

PLANTERS LUMBER CO., Inc., et al., Appellants,

v.

JACK COLLIER EAST CO., Inc., Appellee.

No. 5-2646.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 30, 1962.

H. B. Stubblefield, Little Rock, for appellants.

Rose, Meek, House, Barron, Nash & Williamson, Stanley E. Price, Moses, McClellan, Arnold, Owen & McDermott and James R. Howard, Josh W. McHughes, Little Rock, for appellee.

McFADDIN, Justice.

This is a controversy for priority as between a construction money mortgage and materialmen's liens; and necessitates a study of our Lien Statutes (§ 51-601 et seq., Ark.Stats.) The Chancery Court held…