Pascal & Associates, Inc. v. Punchinello's East, Inc.

The primary issue on appeal is whether a contractor, in an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien against a property owner, establishes the prima facie evidence of the amount due under the Hen statute by introduction into evidence of the contract price for the work agreed to with a third-party lessee.

The action, to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for improvements to a building, was brought by the plaintiff, Pascal and Associates, Inc., the general contractor, against PunchineHo’s East, Inc., the building lessee, with whom plaintiff had contracted to make the improvements, and against defendant, 247…