Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co. v. Village of Middleport

This is an action to foreclose a lien for materials furnished upon a public improvement, consisting of a water system, built under a contract made by the village of Middleport, N. ¡Y., through its board of water commissioners, with a copartnership known as Cusane & Dower, of Niagara Falls, N. Y.

The contractors failed to complete the work and the village continued it with the result that there is in its hands a fund, amounting to $4,963.75, applicable to the payment of valid liens.

Many liens were filed but for one reason or another, ás stated in the decision, they were not valid, leaving for…