Lawrence v. Congregational Church
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Congregational Church of Greenfield, L. I., from á judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of February, 1898, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, adjudging that a mechanic’s lien filed in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of - May, 1892, by one Andrew Mortenson, was a good and valid lien, to an extent…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Congregational Church of Greenfield, L. I., from á judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of February, 1898, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, adjudging that a mechanic’s lien filed in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of - May, 1892, by one Andrew Mortenson, was a good and valid lien, to an extent stated, and directing its foreclosure. The action was begun by Andrew Mortenson against the Congregational- Church of…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On the 15th day of July, 1891, Andrew Mortenson entered into a contract in writing with the defendant for the construction of a church edifice at Parkville, L. I., by which he agreed on or before November 15, 1891, to well and sufficiently finish the new building known as the New Congregational Church of Parkville, L. I., agreeably to the drawings and specifications made by L. B. Valk & Son, architects, in a good and workmanlike and substantial manner, to the satisfaction and under the direction of the architects, for the *491sum of $6,500. Certain other work, aggregating about $800,…
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