Clifton v. Foster

The petitioners, under an agreement with McKay & Aldus, furnished lumber which was actually used in the erection of a building upon land, both owned by the latter; and had, by the Gen. Sts. c. 150, a lien thereon to secure the payment of the debt due to them for such materials. On the 21st of December 1868, within thirty days after they ceased to furnish the materials, they filed in the city clerk’s office the certificate required by § 5 of that statute; and on the 16th of February 1869, within ninety days after they ceased to furnish the mate-dais, they filed this petition to enforce their…