Manchester v. Popkin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition under R. L. c. 197, for enforcement of a mechanic’s lien. The action was begun by a bill in equity filed on March 20, 1916. A demurrer to the bill was sustained on February 14, 1919, and a decree was ordered that the ¡bill be dismissed unless the plaintiff within ten days moved "to amend his bill in equity into a petition on the law side of the court to enforce said lien.”
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Petition under R. L. c. 197, for enforcement of a mechanic’s lien. The action was begun by a bill in equity filed on March 20, 1916. A demurrer to the bill was sustained on February 14, 1919, and a decree was ordered that the ¡bill be dismissed unless the plaintiff within ten days moved "to amend his bill in equity into a petition on the law side of the court to enforce said lien.” The motion to amend was filed and allowed on February 23, 1919. In the Superior Court, the petition was referred to an auditor and, upon the filing of his report, was heard by Cox, J., without a jury. Material…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien. The petitioner under an oral contract, made with the respondent on April 9, 1915, furnished labor and material in the erection of one house and the repair of another house on land of the re*436spondent. The work was begun on April 29, 1915, t1 was done on January 31, 1916, a statement of lien wa registry of deeds on February 24, 1916, and a suit enforce the lien, later amended into the present p filed on March 20, 1916.
No question has been raised as to the allowance of t ment. See Merrill v. Beckwith, 168 Mass. 72; Day v Mass. 585; Kerr v. Whitney,…
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