Legal Opinion
Backstatter v. Berry Hill Building Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 5, 1968PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William R. Brennan, Jr., J.
This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for labor performed and materials furnished by plaintiff under an agreement with the defaulting defendant Barry Hill Building Corp., the general contractor for the defendant Burger Hutch, Inc., in the erection of a diner-type structure on what had been vacant land owned by the defendant Angelo Lorenzo and leased to Burger Hutch, Inc.
The first problem presented is the liability of owner Lorenzo for the improvements contributed by the plaintiff subcontractor.
The lease made April 17, 1964 between the owner and Burger…
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- Sager v. Renwick Park & Traffic Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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