Hamilton v. Coogan
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from special term. Action by John L. Hamilton and others against James J. Coogan and another to foreclose a mechanic’s lien on premises known as 225 and 227 Sixth avenue. Front a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $65,122.83, defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.
The plaintiffs agreed to erect a building for the defendants, and to receive “for such work as compensation the cost of labor and material used therein, and 10 per cent, added thereto as profit.” The plaintiffs did the carpenter work at a cost for labor and materials of $18,193.30, but the other portions of the work they sublet to various contractors, whose bills amount to $93,294.57; and plaintiffs’ whole demand was the total of these two sums, being $111,487.87, with 10 per cent, added thereto,— $11,148.78. The defendants resist this claim upon the ground that the bills of the…
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