Hensel v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance

Plaintiff’s right to the summary judgment granted on motion below depends upon whether or not a bond given by defendant to discharge a mechanic’s lien survived the delay of more than one year after filing of the notice of lien under section 19, subdivision 2, of the Lien Law. That statute provides that a *740lien shall be discharged “ by failure to begin an action to foreclose such lien or to secure an order continuing it, within one year from the time of filing the notice of lien, unless an action be begun within the same period to foreclose a mortgage or another mechanic’s lien upon the same…