Sanford v. Frost
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the foreclosure of a builders’ lien; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The court found that the work was done by the petitioners under a contract with a former owner of the land to build a dwelling house upon the premises described in the petition, that the work under the contract was substantially completed on the 7th day of April, 1873, at which time the .premises were conveyed to the respondent, and that further work of the value of…
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Petition for the foreclosure of a builders’ lien; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The court found that the work was done by the petitioners under a contract with a former owner of the land to build a dwelling house upon the premises described in the petition, that the work under the contract was substantially completed on the 7th day of April, 1873, at which time the .premises were conveyed to the respondent, and that further work of the value of $2.36 was done on the 27th day of September following, which work was necessary to the completion of the contract, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The contract in this case was substantially completed by the 7th day of April, 1873, but a trifling amount of work was done under it on or about the 27th day of September, 1873. No reason appears in the case for this long delay of nearly six months. In the recent case of Flint v. Raymond, argued at the present circuit, {ante, page 510,) this court held, that there must be no unnecessary or unreasonable delay in completing a contract after it has been substantially performed, and that the lien must be filed within sixty days after such completion if a party wishes to avail himself of the…
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