LOUISIANA NAT. BANK v. TRIPLE R CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 58405.

345 So.2d 7 (1977)

LOUISIANA NATIONAL BANK OF BATON ROUGE v. TRIPLE R. CONTRACTORS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied May 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Day, Day & Grand, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Charles W. Borde, Jr., Durbin, Durbin, Borde & Fogg, Denham Springs, Charles O. Simmons, Jr., E. Drew McKinnis, McKinnis & Juban, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.

Prentice L. G. Smith, Jr., Smith & Smith, Baker, for intervenor-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether the developer of an apartment complex who divides its construction into two segments, by having the construction performed on separate but adjacent lots under two separate construction contracts, may give his lender a mortgage superior to materialmen's liens on the second segment although work commences on the first segment before the mortgage is filed. The case ultimately...

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