Hanson v. News Publishing Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for owners of building on which plaintiff claimed a lien for alterations and additions. Case reported from the Superior Court for Cumberland County.
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On report. Judgment for owners of building on which plaintiff claimed a lien for alterations and additions. Case reported from the Superior Court for Cumberland County. From the reported evidence it appeared that the plaintiff, a carpenter and builder, claimed a lien upon the Falmouth Hotel building and lot of land on which it stands in Portland, owned by the defendant, P. H. & J. M. Brown Company, to satisfy his demand against the defendant News ■ Publishing Company, a corporation in said Portland, for labor.by him performed and materials by him furnished for altering and repairing the store…
1Opinion of the CourtStrout, J.
Plaintiff claims a lien upon the Falmouth Hotel building, for labor and materials used in a store in that building, leased to the Publishing Company, under an employment by that company, upon the ground that the owners of the building consented thereto. The lease was in the usual form, and contained no provision in regard to alterations or repairs.
The P. H. & J. M. Brown Company leased to the News Publishing Company for three years “the store numbered two hundred and eight” undei’ the Falmouth Hotel. The News Publishing Company, as such lessee, for its own convenience, put certain partitions…
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