Bloomsouth Flooring Corp. v. Boys' & Girls' Club of Taunton Inc.

The plaintiff subcontractors appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. Their cases were consolidated with others, all arising from the default by the general contractor in the course of constructing a building on the defendant’s property.3 The plaintiffs, who perfected mechanics’ liens on the property pursuant to G. L. c. 254, § 4, claim they are entitled to a portion of funds retained or unpaid by the defendant to the general contractor. The judge, however, found that because there was no “amount due” or “to become due” under the original contract at the time the…