Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Basnight

This question arises at the outset: Where a lien claimant files notice of a contractor’s lien against a building and the lot on which it stands in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court on 15 March, 1949, for work done and materials furnished by him in the construction of the building under contract with the owners of the lot between 14 August and 27 November, 1948, does the lien relate back to the time when the lien claimant began the performance of the work and the furnishing of the materials, and take precedence by reason of such relation back over an intervening recorded deed of…