Glacius v. . Black
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered, upon a verdict, and also from an order of the General Term affirming an order denying a motion to vacate said judgment.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered, upon a verdict, and also from an order of the General Term affirming an order denying a motion to vacate said judgment. (Reported below, 4 Hun, 91.) This action was originally brought to foreclose a mechanic’s lien under chapter 402, Laws of 1854 (the lien law applicable to Westchester county). Upon a former trial, a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the report of a referee, was reversed by this court (50 27. Y., 145) and a new…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Cv/riam.
The constitutionality of the legislation known as mechanics’ lien laws, was affirmed in Blauvelt v. Woodworth (31 N. Y., 285), and the court held that there was no constitutional objection to the creation, by the legislature, of statutory liens, in favor of mechanics and others, for the purposes and under the circumstances and limitations specified in these statutes. Laws of similar character have been in force in this State for more than forty years (Laws of 1844, chap. 220); and similar legislation is found on the statute books of many of the States. These statutes have been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Glacius v. . BlackNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Blauvelt v. . WoodworthNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
3Cited by23 opinions
- Jacob & Youngs, Inc. v. KentNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Woodward v. . FullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Jones v. Great Southern Fireproof Hotel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
- United States Blowpipe Co. v. SpencerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
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