Legal Opinion

Ziller v. Atkins Motel Co., Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1971No. 46090PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This case involves questions of the priority between a first purchase-money deed of trust and a subsequent mechanics’ lien; and if the mechanics’ lien is subordinate, whether it nevertheless is superior to the purchaser with notice of a trustee’s deed which foreclosed a second deed of trust. This appeal is taken under the authority of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, section 1650.5 (Supp.1968), so for the purposes of this appeal we consider it as if the Chancery Court of Clay County had decided all issues against appellant. We hold that although complainant Ziller’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State ex rel. TompkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Love v. Union Cent. Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Gulf M. N.R. Co. v. MaddenMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Bernstein v. SchelbenMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Enterprise Plumbing Co. v. Bailey Mortgage Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1968

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bondafoam, Inc. v. Cook Const. Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc. v. Clarence N. Dale, Jr. And Barbara Camin DaleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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