In re Dey
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This case came up on a petition by Hewes and Phillips, and a petition by Uzal Cory, for the review of an order of the district court [for the southern district of New York] touching the distribution of the bankrupt’s estate, which order excluded liens claimed by the petitioners severally under the law of New Jersey, known as the “mechanics’ lien law.” 3 Ben. 450 [Case No. 3,870].
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
The petitioners respectively claim liens upon certain real estate of the bankrupt, in New Jersey, for work and materials done and furnished for the erection of buildings thereon, prior to the adjudication in bankruptcy, made *628upon the application of the bankrupt, for which liens, after such adjudication, and within one year after the performance of the labor and the furnishing of the materials, they have respectively filed their claims in the ofiice of the clerk of the county, in New Jersey, in which the buildings, &c., were situated. The assignee and certain mortgagees…
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