Legal Opinion

Childs v. Anderson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 3, 1880PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLord, J.

The petitioner seeks to establish a lien upon the building of the defendant, under the provisions of the Gen. Sts. c. 150, as amended by the St. of 1872, c. 818. The contract under which the labor was performed or furnished was an entire contract made with one Black, and, so far as the respondent’s interests are concerned, it may be presumed that the contract was made with his consent. By that contract, the petitioner, was to do work and furnish materials for an entire price, in the erection of four different buildings, one a house belonging to Black, who made the contract with him, one a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Batchelder v. RandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Wall v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Angier v. Bay State Distilling Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  2. United States ex rel. Rockland Lake Trap Rock Co. v. ConklingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
  3. Moore v. DuganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  4. Stoltze v. HurdNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Casey v. WeaverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

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