Angier v. Bay State Distilling Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition under Pub. Sts. c. 191, to enforce a mechanic’s lien for labor and materials furnished in the construction of an electric light plant in a distillery in Cambridge, under an agreement made between the petitioner, Angier, and the respondent, the Bay State Distilling Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey.
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Petition under Pub. Sts. c. 191, to enforce a mechanic’s lien for labor and materials furnished in the construction of an electric light plant in a distillery in Cambridge, under an agreement made between the petitioner, Angier, and the respondent, the Bay State Distilling Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey. The petition of Angier was filed April 29, 1895. Subsequently two intervening petitions were filed, one by Charles E. Nutter and Alfred H. Seabury, copartners under the firm name of Nutter and Seabury, to enforce a lien for labor and materials furnished in the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
1. The judge was well warranted in finding that the labor and materials furnished by the intervening petitioners, Burnham and Page, were furnished in the erection of a building, within the meaning of the Pub. Sts. c. 191, § 1. The still and pipes on which the covering was placed were a part of the building, and the material which the petitioners put on was intended as a permanent covering for the metal. Although it was possible to remove it, the removal would greatly injure it, and it was procured to be retained as long as the pipes remained.
2. The petitioners did not waive their lien by…
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