Meyers v. Bennett
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by the defendant, Bennett, from a judgment of this court, entered on the report of Homer A. Nelson, Esq., who had been appointed referee to hear and determine the issues, in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the lienors, defendants. The facts necessary to an understanding of the decision here are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Hoesen, J.
A contract was made on the fifth of February, 1872, between James Gordon Bennett (now deceased) and Edward Hall, for the mason work of a building 4o be erected according to certain specifications upon certain premises owned by the former, and constituting the entire lot fronting on the west side of Nassau street, between Ann ¡and Fulton streets. The building was to be completed on .or before the first day of April, 1873.
The work was to be paid for in monthly instalments as it progressed, to the amount of eighty per cent, of the value of the work, upon certificates of the superintendent and…
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