Libbey v. Tidden

This is a petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien apon a lot of land in Brookline, upon which an apartment hotel known as Putnam Chambers has been erected. The petition as amended alleges that the work was done under a contract between the petitioners and the respondent Tidden, by the terms of which the petitioners were to furnish all labor and materials required for the erection and completion of the building, except the foundation, cut stone, gas piping, electric wiring, heating, plumbing and painting, for the sum of $71,000; that under this contract the petitioners proceeded to furnish labor…