Middlesex Concrete Products & Excavating Corp. v. Northern States Improvement Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Complainant instituted this suit under B. S. 1-987,8:60-180, for the enforcement of a lien for labor and materials furnished in the construction by the Northern States Improvement Co. (to be referred to as the “contractor”) of an intercepting sewer system for the City of Rahway. The contractor interposed a counter-claim for the recovery of $40,158.76, the amount due under the original contract, and $78,047.63, the “reasonable value” of “additional and extra work” performed at the instance of the municipality. There was a prayer for a…