GRACE DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. v. HOUSTON

No. 45343.

237 N.W.2d 73 (1975)

GRACE DEVELOPMENT CO., INC., Appellant, v. William A. HOUSTON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Engebretson, St. Paul, for appellant.

Barnett, Ratelle, Hennessy, Vander Vort, Stasel & Herzog and William A. Haug, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

This appeal raises the question of whether plaintiff was entitled to file a notice of lis pendens in connection with its action against defendants for certain monies allegedly due to plaintiff pursuant to various contracts for the sale of land and the construction of a house on the land. The district court ordered the notice of lis pendens canceled and expunged from the record. We affirm.

On December 27, 1973, plaintiff commenced an action...

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