Ruggeri Electrical Contracting Co. v. City of Algonac

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary disposition in this action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. We affirm.

Plaintiff Ruggeri is an electrical contractor. In 1976, it entered into a contract for electrical work on a building then owned by J. L. Ward, Inc., in the city of Algonac. Plaintiff performed the work but Ward defaulted on payment. In 1978, plaintiff filed a statement of account and lien and a notice of lis pendens with the St. Clair County Register of Deeds. Almost simultaneously, it brought suit against Ward in the St. Clair Circuit Court, alleging breach of…