Hansen-Snyder Co. v. General Motors Corp.

These cases, consolidated for trial and this appeal, involve foreclosures of mechanics’ liens arising out of the same construction work.

Defendant General Motors Corporation entered into a contract for construction on its land of hardening furnaces with defendant Mechanical Equipment & Service Corporation as general contractor. The latter corporation engaged Hugh Laundra Electric, Inc., plaintiff in 1 case, as subcontractor to do the electrical work on the job. It hired Hansen-Snyder Company, plaintiff in the other case, as subcontractor to do the piping work.

Neither subcontractor was paid in…