Hatch v. Faucher
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien. Public Statutes R. I. cap. 177, §§ 5, 6, referred tó in the following opinion, are as follows : — “ Sect. 5. No person who shall do work for and furnish materials to be used in the construction, erection, or reparation of any building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, without written contract, shall have any advantage of any lien therefor created by this chapter, unless he shall commence legal process for…
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Petition for the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien. Public Statutes R. I. cap. 177, §§ 5, 6, referred tó in the following opinion, are as follows : — “ Sect. 5. No person who shall do work for and furnish materials to be used in the construction, erection, or reparation of any building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, without written contract, shall have any advantage of any lien therefor created by this chapter, unless he shall commence legal process for enforcing the same, in manner hereinafter provided, within six months from the time of the commencing the doing of such…
1Opinion of the CourtDureee, C. J.
This is a petition for the enforcement of a lien which the petitioner claims to be entitled to, under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 177, for labor and materials performed and furnished by him in the erection of a building on the defendant’s land, at the request of one Lewis Plant, who had entered into a contract with the defendant to erect the same. The defendant, without questioning the regularity of the proceeding, simply contests the petitioner’s right to a lien.
The only lien given by cap. 177 for materials used in a building, erected for a person who is the owner of the land on which it is…
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