WORTHEN BANK & TRUST CO., N. A. v. WALKER

No. CA 80-230.

606 S.W.2d 382 (1980)

WORTHEN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, N. A., Appellant, v. C. L. WALKER; Jerry Mathis d/b/a Mathis Sheet Metal Company; Alphonse M. Hiegel and Paul J. Hiegel, d/b/a Hiegel Lumber Company and Builders Carpet Company, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose Law Firm, by: Allen W. Bird, II, Little Rock, for appellant.

Brazil & Roberts, Little Rock, Clark & McNeil and Ronald L. Burton, Conway, for appellees.


HOWARD, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that labor and materials supplied by materialmen-preparatory work for the construction of a dwelling house-constituted commencement of improvements, within the meaning of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 51-607 (Repl.1971), hence affording the lien of the materialmen priority over a mortgage, filed subsequently to such work, securing a construction loan extended by Worthen Bank &...

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