Moore v. Dugan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien founded on a building contract between the petitioner Harvey Taylor and the respondent Nora Dugan, which was assigned by Taylor during the, progress of the work to the petitioner Charles Moore, the petitioner Taylor joining therein in the interest and for the benefit of Moore, the assignee of the contract, filed May 12, 1899. In the Superior Court, Hardy, J., directed that the lien be established for the sum of $836.50, the amount found…
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Petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien founded on a building contract between the petitioner Harvey Taylor and the respondent Nora Dugan, which was assigned by Taylor during the, progress of the work to the petitioner Charles Moore, the petitioner Taylor joining therein in the interest and for the benefit of Moore, the assignee of the contract, filed May 12, 1899. In the Superior Court, Hardy, J., directed that the lien be established for the sum of $836.50, the amount found by the jury in its answers to the issues, as against Nora Dugan and her property described in the petition, in favor of…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The labor and materials for which the lien was established for the sum of $836.50 were performed and furnished under a written contract entered into between the petitioner Taylor and the respondent Dugan on October 10, 1898. The work was begun a week later by Taylor and was carried on by him until February 11, 1899, when he assigned all his right, title and interest in the contract to the petitioner Moore, who employed Taylor to complete the contract, and from that date to March 29, 1899, when work upon the contract ceased, all labor and materials were furnished to Taylor by Moore.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Williams v. WeihbaumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Smith v. EmersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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