Scherrer v. Music Hall Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from special term. Action by Adolphe Scherrer against the Music Hall Company of Hew York, Limited, Isaac A. Hopper and James Kelly, Jr., composing the firm of Isaac A. Hopper & Co., Charles Plock and Wilhelmine L. Schneider, composing the firm of Charles Plock & Co., and others, to enforce a mechanic’s lien against the sureties on a bond filed to discharge said lien.
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Appeal from special term. Action by Adolphe Scherrer against the Music Hall Company of Hew York, Limited, Isaac A. Hopper and James Kelly, Jr., composing the firm of Isaac A. Hopper & Co., Charles Plock and Wilhelmine L. Schneider, composing the firm of Charles Plock & Co., and others, to enforce a mechanic’s lien against the sureties on a bond filed to discharge said lien. From an order denying a motion to strike out the names of certain parties made defendants to the action, defendants Hopper, Kelly, Plock, and Schneider appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Daly, 0. J.
This is an action in the nature of a foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien filed by the plaintiff, who performed work and labor for Charles Plock & Co., subcontractors under Isaac A. Hopper & Co., who were contractors with the owners, the Music Hall Company, for the erection of a building in the city of Hew York. Before the commencement of the action the plaintiff’s lien was discharged by the filing of a bond under the provisions of the mechanics’ lien act, (Laws 1885, c. 342, § 24, subd. 6,) and the action is brought to obtain a judgment which shall be enforceable against the sureties…
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