Federal Deposit Insurance v. Gray

Smith, Judge.. This action arose after Gray filed a claim of lien covering work his company performed on a construction project in Gwinnett County. The primary issue in this appeal is whether the jury was authorized to determine that the claim was valid. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that sufficient evidence was presented to support the jury’s verdict in Gray’s favor.

A brief chronology of events from 1983 through the trial of this case in 1996 is necessary. In September 1983, Gray entered into a contract with Norton Properties, Inc., referenced throughout the project manual and…