George M. Morris Construction Co. v. Four Seasons Motor Inn, Inc.

OPINION

SOSA, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellee George M. Morris Construction Company [hereinafter Morris] sued Four Seasons Motor Inn, Inc. and Dale J. Bellamah Corporation [hereinafter Bellamah], defendants-appellants and third-party plaintiffs, for arrearages under a construction contract and also filed liens against its real property. Bellamah denied those amounts, counterclaimed for slander of title, and counterclaimed for failure to disburse $18,709.32 to thirty-four laborers. Those same laborers sued Bellamah for failure to pay $15,182.23 in fringe benefits and filed liens against its…