John R. Blair Co. v. Seadco Building Corp.

Order unanimously reversed upon the law, with ten dollars costs and taxable disbursements to appellant, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs.

The complaint upon its face shows that the hen was assigned to the plaintiff after the execution of the statutory undertaking, the effect of which, under subdivision 4 of section 19 of the Lien Law,* is, in terms at least, to “ discharge ” the hen. Whether such “ discharge ” is similar to the like term in section 14,* which permits assignments of hens “ * * * at any time before the discharge thereof ” is the question presented by this appeal. By the…