Ricker v. Joy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Assumpsit to enforce a lien for materials. The case is stated in the opinion, Tlio following is tho statement of the lien claim filed in the town clerk’s office: "State of Maine. • "York, ss.
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On exceptions. Assumpsit to enforce a lien for materials. The case is stated in the opinion, Tlio following is tho statement of the lien claim filed in the town clerk’s office: "State of Maine. • "York, ss. I, Albert H. Nicker, on oath depose and say that there is due me from Charles E. Joy the sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and forty cents ($119-/<&) for labor and materials furnished for and which entered into the dwelling house of Simeon P. Huntress, situated on land owned by Simeon P. Huntress on the easterly side of Portland street near the'Comer,’ so called, in South Berwick…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
The claimant’s first exception is to the admission of a duly certified copy of the record of the town, of the plaintiff’s claim filed in the town clerk’s office as required by E. S., c. 91, § 29.
The object of the statute requirement, that the person claiming the lien shall file a statement of his claim in the office of the clerk of the town where the building is situated, and that it shall be recorded, is to give notice to the owner of the property, and to all persons having occasion to acquire any interest in it, of the lien claimed.
When the statement required by the statute is recorded, the…
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- Lyon v. DunnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979