Benedict v. Danbury & Norwalk Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, brought by the plaintiffs, who were the assignees of John Q,. Adams, for the purpose of enforcing a mechanic’s lien upon the passenger station-house of the defendants, situated in Danbury. At the term of the superior court, holden in October, 1855, the cause was referred to a committee, whose report embraced the following facts.
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This was a bill in chancery, brought by the plaintiffs, who were the assignees of John Q,. Adams, for the purpose of enforcing a mechanic’s lien upon the passenger station-house of the defendants, situated in Danbury. At the term of the superior court, holden in October, 1855, the cause was referred to a committee, whose report embraced the following facts. The defendants, on the 18th day of September, 1850, entered into a written contract with Beard, Church & Co., to construct the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, and, among other things, to build the passenger depot, mentioned in the bill. By…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The plaintiffs, as assignees of John Q. Adams, seek to enforce a mechanic’s lien on the defendants’ passenger depot building, at the terminus of their railroad, in Danbury. Adams erected the building and did other work connected with the railroad, under contracts between him and Beard, Church & Co. Beard, Church & Co., were the contractors for the building of the whole road, and of certain buildings connected with it, among which was the depot building on which the lien is claimed. That portion of this work which Adams performed was done under four sub-contracts between him and the original…
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