Philso Estates, Inc. v. Riordan

Judgment dismissing the complaint reversed on the law and a new trial granted on the issues of the validity of the Hen and the payments made to Riordan in discharge thereof, with costs to plaintiff to abide the event, on the-ground that the plaintiff is entitled to maintain this action for a declaratory judgment. The validity of the Hen depends upon the legal effect of the document alleged to have created it, and whether there was an existing debt to Riordan, which it was necessary to pay in order to discharge the apartment Hen, and which was unpaid at the time plaintiff entered into the…