Legal Opinion

Ringle v. Matthiessen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 1896PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Francis O. Matthiessen, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of May, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of New York, a jury having been waived.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, J.:

The action was brought to recover upon a bond given under the statute to discharge a mechanic’s lien. After the lien.was discharged the action to foreclose the lien was prosecuted to judgment against, the same parties, the sureties upon the bond not having been brought in as parties. The judgment adjudged that the plaintiffs recover against the defendants the amount of their claim, and that they had a lien against premises described therein for the amount of their claim ; but provided that so much of the judgment as declared that, the plaintiffs had a lien on the premises was in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Morton v. . TuckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1895

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Harley v. . PlantNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Maneely v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  3. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. D. N. Morrison Construction Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1930
  4. Holl v. LongNew York Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Mertz v. PressAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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