Glatt v. Meade

This is a mechanic’s lien foreclosure. Sometime in the summer of 1923 defendant Meade, the owner of the premises in question, made a building contract with defendant Lecky, who agreed to furnish the necessary labor and material to construct and complete a bungalow on Brighton place in the city of Utica. The contract, Exhibit 6, called for a total cost of $6,100. On October eighth of that year, Lecky, the contractor, gave to Meade, the owner, a receipt (Exhibit 8) for $1,000. Meade admits that no money changed hands on that occasion but testified that the contract price was “ padded ” by that…