Columbus Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Swails Construction Co.

This action was commenced to foreclose a real es tate mortgage on Lot 14, Block 1, Briarhurst West Second Addition to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. The defendant Tony Metcalf claimed a mechanic’s lien for labor and materials supplied to the property. The trial court found that the plaintiff’s mortgage lien was valid and inferior only to a mechanic’s lien in favor of John L. Hoppe Lumber Company. Liens in favor of Yankee Hill Brick Manufacturing Company and Aksarben Trane Heating & Air Conditioning Company were found to be inferior to the mortgage lien of the plaintiff.

The defendant Metcalf…