In re O'Rourke

Smith (E. N.), J.

The motions raise the question as to whether claims for unpaid insurance premiums for workmen’s compensation insurance and for public liability insurance are lienable.

The Lien Law, article 2, section 3, reads as follows:

“ § 3. Mechanic’s hen on real property. A contractor, subcontractor, laborer or material man, who performs labor or furnishes materials for the improvement of real property * * * shall have a hen for the principal and interest, of the value, or the agreed price, of such labor or materials upon the real property improved or to be improved and upon such…