Church v. Smithea

An asserted priority in right springing in the one case from a trust deed on unimproved property, and in the other from a mechanic’s lien for work done in the construction of a building after the execution of the conveyance, has given rise to this suit.

While one Ermerins was ,the owner of four lots in a subdivision to the city of Denver, she executed on the 22d day of January, 1890, a trust deed to secure the payment of certain promissory notes aggregating the sum of $17,600. On the first of May thereafter, a contract was made with Smithea & Arnold to put up two buildings on these premises…