Oster v. Townsend

The petitioners, the owners of premises in the Town of New Hartford, Oneida County, New York, have moved pursuant to subdivision (6) of section 19 of the Lien Law to discharge the lien filed November 27, 1959 in the Oneida County Clerk’s office against the real property owned by them.

The lien in question was filed by Frank H. Townsend, who, pursuant to a contract with the petitioners dated October 31, 1958, had undertaken the construction of a home for the petitioners, for the sum of $35,000. The notice of lien stated the agreed price of labor performed and material furnished to be $35,000,…