P. J. Currier Lumber Co. v. Stonemill Construction Corp.

Each of these three cases deals with materialmen’s liens under RSA 447:2 that were secured by ex parte petitions to the Milford District Court (Drescher, J.), RSA 447:10, on three separate lots of land that were once owned by the defendant, Stonemill Construction Corporation. In each case, the plaintiff sought to secure its lien by attaching the property after the defendant had conveyed title to the lot to another. Because the ex parte petitions made no reference to the new owners, the district court later ruled that the materialmen’s liens had not been properly secured as to their…