Riley v. Peters

This appeal from a judgment quieting title to real property raises the single issue whether appellants, holders of mechanics ’ liens on the property, who have failed in their lien foreclosure actions to join as parties the trustee under a deed of trust or to join the subsequent owners under that deed, can prevail over such owners after the expiration of the statutory period for foreclosure of the liens. We believe that such failure precludes appellants from claiming priority over such owners, the respondents in this action.

After foreclosure of a deed of trust, recorded June 20, 1957, the…