Hecla Iron Works v. Hall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles Ward Hall and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court iri favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 2itli day of January, 1905, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special "Term, directing the sale of certain premises in an action brought to foreclose a mechanic’s lien.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The defendant Hall owned the Morse Building on Nassau street, in the city of New York. For the purpose of building it up from an eight-story to a fourteen-story building he entered into a written contract with the Hall & Grant Construction Company as general contractor for said construction. In that contract were the following provisions:
“ Article V. All contracts with sub-contractors shall contain clauses under which they shall be required to furnish the material or labor which they have contracted to furnish within the time called…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aeschlimann v. . Presbyterian HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- La Chicotte v. Richmond Railway & Electric Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Elting v. DaytonNew York Supreme Court · 1892
- New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Schnaier v. NathanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fischer v. SchramAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916