Legal Opinion
Poillon v. . the Mayor, Etc., of the City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 6, 1872PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien alleged to have been acquired upon a school-house in the nineteenth ward in the city of New York. Plaintiff’s intestate was a sub-contractor. The contract was with the school officers of said ward.
1Opinion of the Court
Grover, J.,
reads opinion for reversal and new trial. Church, Ch. J., concurs. The other members of the court were of the opinion that the case was not within the statute giving a mechanic’s lien; that it did not give a lien upon a public building under a contract made by public officers.
For affirmance, Allen, Peokham, Folger and Rapallo, JJ. Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by9 opinions
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- Morganton Hardware Co. v. Morganton Graded SchoolsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Wilson v. School District No. 2Supreme Court of Kansas · 1876
- Board of Commissioners v. O'ConnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
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