SOCIETY LINNEA v. WILBOIS

No. 50513.

113 N.W.2d 603 (1962)

SOCIETY LINNEA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John A. WILBOIS, Defendant, Rhiner Bros. Plumbing Company, Defendant-Appellant, Jewett Lumber Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neiman, Neiman & Stone and Lorna L. Williams, Des Moines, for defendant-appellant Jewett Lumber Co.

Wilson, Maley & Stamatelos, West Des Moines, for defendant-appellant Rhiner Bros. Plumbing Co.

Eskil C. Carlson, Des Moines, for plaintiff-appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

In the light of our many cases dealing with the rights and priorities of mechanic's lien claimants, it would indeed be hard to imagine a more complex case than the one presented here. It involves a defendant owner of a three-plex apartment house, now bankrupt, who first considered and later purchased the premises, then a rundown vacant rooming house, for $2,600.00. Before his leap into this none-too-profitable venture, he contacted the plaintiff for...

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