Welded Tube Company of America v. Phoenix Steel Corp.

ADJUDICATION

DITTER, District Judge.

This case, which grows out of a requirements contract to manufacture steel tubing, presents questions concerning the validity of an artisan’s common law lien, the basis for the computation of that lien, and the legality of a purported sale to enforce the lien. After considering the evidence, I make the following :

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. In September, 1965, Welded Tube Company of America and Phoenix Steel Corporation entered into an agreement under the terms of which Phoenix agreed to provide, at Welded’s plant, steel coils suitable for conversion into structural…