Bowes v. New York Christian Home, &c.

The sub-contractor, James Y. Donovan, who claims affirmative relief as a defendant under a lien filed by him, filed his notice of lien July 24, 1882, and a notice of lis pendens on October 23,1882, and the question submitted for decision is whether the notice of lis pendens was filed in time.

The court of appeals having decided that the act of 1880 does not apply to the city of New York (McKenna agt. Edmondstone, 64 How., 461), the question submitted must be determined under the act of 1875 (chap. 379), which provides that no lien shall bind the property longer than ninety days after it is…