Keating v. Astor Theatre Corp.

The plaintiff, who is a general contractor, brought this action at law to recover from the owner of real property a balance allegedly due under a contract for the alteration of a building. The answer served by the owner denied liability and asserted a legal counterclaim for an alleged overpayment. Pursuant to section 287 of the Civil Practice Act, the defendant owner successfully moved to bring in four *53subcontractors as additional defendants. The subcontractors had filed mechanics’ liens and claimed that they had not been paid by the general contractor. The added defendants served pleadings…