Jim's Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Home Loan Investment Bank

[¶ 1] Home Loan Investment Bank (the Bank) appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) following a bench trial that confirmed the validity of the mechanic’s liens, 10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2011), to Jim’s Plumbing and Heating, Inc., (Jim’s Plumbing) and Westbrook Tools, Inc., (Westbrook Tools) against Bedford Falls Associates, LLC, (Bedford Falls) for work performed at a commercial property in Gorham. The Bank argues that the court erred as a matter of law and fact by concluding that the liens have priority over two mortgages granted to Bedford Falls for the…