Bralus Corp. v. Berger

Appeal by petitioners from an order denying their motion summarily to discharge a mechanic’s lien filed by an architect for the reasonable value of services in the preparation of preliminary studies and the drawing of preliminary plans for several apartment buildings, which were never used because the project was abandoned before any work was actually done on the property. Order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. Prior to 1916, an architect was not entitled to a mechanic’s lien for services rendered solely in preparing plans. (Thompson-Starrett Co. v. Brooklyn Heights Bealty Co., Ill…