Ex Parte Lawson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that even if Restatement § 7.6 applies, purchase-money lenders could not subrogate to a construction loan because the seller would reap the benefit of a subcontractor’s work without paying for it
• holding that even if Restatement § 7.6 applies, purchase-money lenders could not subrogate to a construction loan because the seller would reap the benefit of a 17 THE WEITZ COMPANY v. NICHOLAS HETH et al. OPINION OF THE COURT subcontractor’s work without paying for it
• “The materialman’s lien statutes ‘are an expression of legislative intent that should stay the hand of equity in this situation. If we held otherwise, we would violate the equitable maxim that equity follows the law.’ ”
• discussed infra, identifying the position expressed in Restatement (Third

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Weitz Co. v. Heth
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2014-08-26· cited 18×
• Foster v. PORTER BRIDGE LOAN CO., INC.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-07-17· cited 5×
• Weitz Co. v. Heth
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2013-11-26· cited 4×
• BMW Financial Services, NA v. Bill Heard Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Bill Heard Enterprises, Inc.)
  N.D. Alabama· 2010-02-05· cited 1×
• Lawson v. BRIAN HOMES, INC.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2008-10-10
• Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Citibank, N.A.
  M.D. Alabama· 2011-04-06
• The Weitz Company v. Nicholas Heth
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2014-08-26

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Greene v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-07-28· cited 105×
• Ex Parte Toyota Motor Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-09-06· cited 77×
• Bank of America, NA v. Prestance Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-06-07· cited 52×
• Bailey Mortg. Co. v. Gobble-Fite Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-05-25· cited 50×
• Bank of America v. Prestance Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-06-07· cited 43×
• Richards v. Security Pacific National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1993-03-09· cited 22×
• Turner v. Cooper
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-06-03· cited 19×
• Brooks v. Resolution Trust Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-06-05· cited 18×
• Starek v. TKW, INC.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-02-19· cited 17×
• Ex Parte AmSouth Mortg. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-05-31· cited 14×
• Collateral Inv. Co. v. Pilgrim
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1982-06-02· cited 12×
• Ex Parte Grubbs
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-09-21· cited 11×
• Ex Parte Patel
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2007-10-05· cited 8×
• Lawson v. Brian Homes, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2006-10-20· cited 3×
• Lawson v. Brian Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-07-18· cited 1×