Griggs v. Stone

*550The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chancellor.

The defendants in error, under the fifth section of the Mechanics’ Lien act {Rev., p. 669), claim a lien upon two cloth printing machines fixed in the soil in buildings belonging to the Passaic Bleachery, because of work done in engraving, upon copper shells, patterns to be printed on cloth.

These shells are cylinders which fit on mandrels or rollers-constructed with the printing machines. A protrusion from the inside of the shell, called a feather (of uniform size in all shells), fits a groove in the mandrel, and keeps it from slipping…