Case Name: Robertson v. Barrack & Son
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1890-06-05
Citations: 80 Iowa 538
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robertson v. Barrack & Son.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 80
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
Robertson v. Barrack & Son.
Mechanics’ Liens : priority. Mechanics’ liens are entitled to priority in the order in which they are filed. (Laws of 18TC, ch. 100, sec. 9.)
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon.'* W. F. Conrad, Judge.
Filed, June 5, 1890.
The plaintiff and defendant were parties defendant in the case of CMcago Lumber Co. ». Tibbies Manuf . Co., ante, p. 369, and were made parties therein, because the holder of mechanics’ liens on property involved in that suit. Robertson also filed petitions of intervention, claiming priority of liens. In that suit the lien of Barrack & Son was decreed superior to that of Robertson, and Robertson appeals, entitling the cause on appeal as above.
Baylies & Baylies, for appellant.
Bar or oft & Bowen, for appellees.

Opinion:
Granger, J.
— Both Robertson and Barrack & Son were mechanic's lien holders on the same property, and we are to determine their priority. Such liens take priority in the order of their filing. Section 9, ch. 100, Acts 16th Gen. Assem. The lien of Barrack & Son was filed November 13, 1888, and that of Robertson December 20, 1888. The district court rightly found the priority in favor of Barrack & Son, and its judgment is Affirmed.