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IN RE MORTGAGES LTD.

Bankruptcy No. 2:08-bk-07465-RJH. Adversary No. 2:09-ap-00424-RJH.

482 B.R. 298 (2012)

In re MORTGAGES LTD., Debtor. Jeffrey C. Stone, Inc. d/b/a Summit Builders, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff, v. Central And Monroe, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; et al., Defendants. Summers Group, Inc. d/b/a Rexel Phoenix Electric, a corporation, Cross-Claimant/Counter-Claimant, v. Central and Monroe, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; Cross-Defendants; and Jeffrey C. Stone, Inc. d/b/a Summit Builders, an Arizona corporation, Counter-Defendant And related counterclaims and cross claims.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona.

September 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin E. Byrnes , Graif, Barrett & Matura, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, Julianne C. Wheeler , Sharon B. Shively , Sacks Tierney, PA, Scottsdale, AZ, for Plaintiff.

Stephen F. Banta , Law Offices of Stephen F. Banta, PLLC, Gilbert, AZ, Hillary Perkins Gagnon , Jennings, Haugh & Cunningham, Phoenix, AZ, Justin V. Niedzialek , Margaret A. Gillespie , Collins, May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie, Phoenix, AZ, Mark R. Jewett , Scottsdale, AZ, Andy M. Kvesic , Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, AZ, Adam B. Nach , Allison M. Lauritson , Lane & Nach, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, S. Gregory Jones , Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, AZ, Bryan A. Albue , Sherman & Howard, Phoenix, AZ, Nathaniel B. Rose , Fidelity National Law Group, Phoenix, AZ, Andrew Michael Fowler , Fowler St. Clair, Mesa, AZ, John W. Storer, III , Swenson Storer Andrews & Frazelle, Phoenix, AZ, Thomas N. Swift, II , Thomas N. Swift II, P.C., Mesa, AZ, Michael J. Holden , Holden Willits PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Scott A. Malm , Adam Lee Wilkes , Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, Todd B. Tuggle , Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, Daxton R. Watson , Mack Drucker & Watson, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants.

Mark B. Pyper , Owens & Pyper PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Counter-Claimant.

Karen A. Palecek , Palecek & Palecek, P.L.L.C., Scottsdale, AZ, for Counter-Defendant.

Jeffrey M. Proper , Jeffrey M. Proper, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Cross Defendant.

OPINION RE: LIEN PRIORITY

RANDOLPH J. HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue here is whether various mechanics' lien claimants, who claim priority dating from the commencement of construction in October, 2005, have priority over a construction deed of trust that was recorded in May of 2007. The lender, Mortgages, Ltd., maintains that even if there is but a single project or "work," a mechanics' lien has priority only dating from the general contract for which...

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