Hurley v. Lally

This is a petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien for labor in the erection of two cellars, and the only question is *130whether the statement filed by the petitioner in the registry of deeds is sufficient. The certificate states that the labor was furnished under an oral contract made with a person having authority from and rightfully acting for the owner of the premises, “ the contract price being three dollars per square for excavation, and two dollars and fifty cents per perch for laying the stone, cement to be furnished by me.”

This shows an entire contract to do the excavation and stone work,…