Pratt & Forrest Co. v. Strand Realty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two bills in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 11, 1918, and November 28, 1917, respectively, under St. 1915, c. 292, § 4, as amended by St. 1916, c. 306, § 3, to enforce mechanics’ liens upon the interest of the Strand Realty Company in certain real estate in Lowell in favor of the plaintiffs, who were subcontractors under A. B. Beal Construction Company, a corporation, the assignee from A. B. Beal of the general contract for the erection of the building for…
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Two bills in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 11, 1918, and November 28, 1917, respectively, under St. 1915, c. 292, § 4, as amended by St. 1916, c. 306, § 3, to enforce mechanics’ liens upon the interest of the Strand Realty Company in certain real estate in Lowell in favor of the plaintiffs, who were subcontractors under A. B. Beal Construction Company, a corporation, the assignee from A. B. Beal of the general contract for the erection of the building for the Strand Theatre Company, described in the opinion. The debt alleged to be due to the first plaintiff was $5,580.94, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are suits in equity to enforce a lien upon the interest of the Strand Realty Company in land in Lowell, brought under St. L1915, c. 292, § 4, as amended by St. 1916, c. 306, § 3. These statutes make a radical change in the law of mechanics’ and other liens upon real estate. Section 1 of the new statute gives a lien to those who labor. The subsequent sections relate more particularly to contractors and subcontractors who furnish either labor or material or both.
It is provided by St. 1915, c. 292, § 2, as amended by St. 1916, c. 306, § 1, that any person who has entered into a written…
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