Steuerwald v. Gill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles- A. Steuerwald, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of November, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
- This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for work, labor and services performed on premises known as No. 337 East Fifty-seventh street owned by the defendant. The lien is based upon a contract in parol by which the owner employed the plaintiff to make changes and alterations in the building then on the premises upon a ten per cent basis, that is, the plaintiff was to purchase the materials and procure the labor, and the defendant was to advance the necessary money therefor and to pay the plaintiff for his services in supervising the work and paying the bills an amount…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hawkins v. Mapes-Reeve Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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