General Crushed Stone Co. v. State

In each action: Order reversed and the judgment of the Supreme Court reinstated, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division in a memorandum. The evidence supported the findings of the trial court, and the views of the dissenting Justices in the Appellate Division, that plaintiff and Central New York Contracting Co. engaged in a deliberate scheme to violate the trust provisions of the Lien Law. The ultimate purpose of the scheme was to foist any eventual deficit in payments to suppliers or laborers on sureties on payment bonds. On this view it is immaterial that there was no…