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Lincoln National Bank v. John Peirce Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 13, 1920PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of -the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered October 28, 1918, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.

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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of -the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered October 28, 1918, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company entered into a written contract including detailed plans and specifications with the John Peirce Company October 5, 1914, to furnish all the material- and perform all the work and construct for it complete, a building in the city of New York to be known as the Mail Service and…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

“ No assignment of a contract for the performance of labor or the furnishing of materials for the improvement of real property or of the money or any part thereof due or to become due therefor, * * * shall be valid, unless the contract * * * or a statement containing the substance thereof and such assignment or a copy of each * * * be filed within ten days after the date of such assignment of contract, or ' such assignment of money, * * * in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein the real property improved or to be improved is situated, * * * and no such assignment * * * shall…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Holgate v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. v. Horace E. Frick Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Railroad Companies v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  4. Riverside Contracting Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  5. Mellen v. Athens Hotel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lobbett v. GalpinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  2. Long Island Properties, Inc. v. BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  3. Naber Electric Corp. v. George A. Fuller Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. J.C. Construction Management Corp. v. Robert Hunt Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Regal Lumber Co. v. Buck, New York County Courts1993

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