Armco Steel Corp. v. La Salle National Bank

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action to foreclose a mechanic’s hen. After a trial on the merits the court issued' a decree of foreclosure and awarded the money judgment prayed for.

The defendants (La Salle National Bank, as trustee, and L. W. Besinger, as beneficiary) appeal on the grounds that the trial court erred in finding that the legal and beneficial owners of the land in question (hereinafter referred to as lessors) “knowingly permitted” the improvements which are the subject of the…