Guam Top Builders Inc v Tanota Partners [2006] GUSC 3; 2006 Guam 03 (13 March 2006)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GUAM

GUAM TOP BUILDERS, INC. and
EJONG CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

TANOTA PARTNERS, HAFA ADAI PROPERTIES,
AES CONSTRUCTION, INC., and JOHN DOES I - V,
Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court Case No. CVA03-014
Superior Court Case Nos. CV0558-99 and CV2469-98 (consolidated)

OPINION

Filed: March 13, 2006

Cite as: 2006 Guam 3

Appeal from the Superior Court of Guam
Argued and submitted on February 18, 2004
Hagåtña, Guam

Appearing for Appellants: Thomas M. Tarpley, Jr., Esq. Tarpley & Moroni, LLP Bank of Hawaii Bldg., Ste. 402 134 W. Soledad Ave. Hagåtña, Guam 96910	Appearing for Appellees Tanota Partners and Hafa Adai Properties: Arthur B. Clark, Esq. Calvo & Clark, LLP 655 S. Marine Dr. Tamuning, Guam 96913 Appearing for Appellee AES Construction, Inc.: Thomas C. Sterling, Esq. Klemm, Blair, Sterling & Johnson Suite 1008, Pacific News Bldg. 238 Archbishop Flores St. Hagåtña, Guam 96910

BEFORE: F. PHILIP CARBULLIDO, Chief Justice; FRANCES M. TYDINGCO-GATEWOOD, Associate Justice; ROBERT J. TORRES, JR., Associate Justice.

TORRES, J.:

[1] Plaintiff-Appellant Ejong Construction Co., Ltd. supplied steel and other materials in 1997 and 1998 for the construction of the Outrigger Hotel in Tumon, Guam, owned by Defendants-Appellees Tanota Partners and Hafa Adai Properties (collectively “Tanota”). Ejong later filed a mechanic’s lien for record with the Department of Land Management upon the Outrigger Hotel for an amount which Ejong asserts remains due for the steel and materials it supplied. Ejong thereafter filed an action in the Superior Court seeking to enforce payment of its claim and for foreclosure of the lien amended in the amount of $1,728,284.67.^[1]