ESTATE OF HASELWOOD v. BREMERTON ICE ARENA, INC.

No. 80411-7.

210 P.3d 308 (2009)

ESTATE OF Charles C. HASELWOOD and Joanne L. Haselwood, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. BREMERTON ICE ARENA, INC., a Washington corporation; Gregory S. Meakin and Deborah A. Meakin, husband and wife, Defendants, RV Associates, Inc., a Washington corporation, Respondent, City of Bremerton, Respondent Intervenor, Mallory Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Abbey Carpets, a Washington corporation; Robison Mechanical, Inc., a Washington corporation; JPL Habitability, Inc., a Washington corporation; Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Stusser Electric Co/Eagle Electric, a Washington corporation; Alaska Cascade Financial Services, Inc., assignee for Sound Glass Sales, Inc., a Washington corporation; Sullivan Heating & Cooling, Inc., a Washington corporation; Stirnco Steel Structures, Inc., a Washington corporation; Eagle Electric, Inc., a Washington corporation; Hanson Sign Company, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Stripe Rite, Inc., a Washington corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Riley, Weinstein & Riley, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Defendants — Bremerton Ice Arena, Inc. & Frontier Bank.

Charles M. Granoski Jr., Attorney at Law Betzendorfer & Granoski Tacoma, WA, for Defendants — Deborah Meakin, Gregory Meakin & Stirnco Steel Structures, Inc.

Kenneth L. Kambich, Gary Theodore Chrey, Shiers Law Firm, Port Orchard, WA, Kenneth Wendell Masters, Shelby R. Frost Lemmel, Wiggins & Masters PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for Petitioners — Estate of Charles C. Haselwood & Joanne L. Haselwood.

David P. Horton, Law Office of David P. Horton Inc., PS, Silverdale, WA, for Respondent Intervenor — City of Bremerton.

William Henry Broughton, Broughton & Singleton Inc., PS, Silverdale, WA, for Respondent — RV Associates, Inc.


SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 The question in this case centers on the mechanic's lien statute, chapter 60.04 RCW.1 We must determine whether a mechanic's lien can attach to improvements on property but not the real property itself, and if so, whether that lien has priority over a previously recorded deed of trust.

¶ 2 Joanne and Charles Haselwood (the Haselwoods)2 loaned Bremerton Ice Arena, Inc. (BIA...

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