Legal Opinion
Improved Building & Loan Ass'n v. Larkin
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided August 2, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On bill, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
Stevens, V. C.
This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage. -The defendants axe subsequent mortgagees and lien claimants.
The first question is whether the filling of the building contract, dated June 24th, 1914, made by John T. Kelly, with a partnership known as the Latin American Construction Company, operates-to protect the property built upon, against mechanics’ lien claims filed subsequently. The insistence is that the contract was made between parties so related as to bring it within the principle of Young v. Wilson, 44 N. J. Law 157. This case holds that the agreement, the filing of which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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