Worthley v. Emerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to enforce a lien under the Gen. Sts. e. 150, for labor performed and materials furnished in the construction of a block of five houses in Lawrence. The case was sent to a referee, the nature of whose award appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
The respondents contend that the petitioner is not entitled to a lien for the hitch-posts and fence stone in front of the block, because they are no part of the building or structure; the posts being ten feet from the land on a public street, and the fence being no part of a building. The referee, after reciting their position and connection with the building, finds that they are both “ integral parts of the said block of dwelling-houses.” But it is not necessary to consider the question here raised, as upon other grounds the objection is not open to the respondents.
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