Prindiville v. Boston & Worcester Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on July 28,1908, under R. L. c. 197, to establish a mechanic’s lien upon a new brick car barn erected upon land of the defendant at Framingham.
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Petition, filed on July 28,1908, under R. L. c. 197, to establish a mechanic’s lien upon a new brick car barn erected upon land of the defendant at Framingham. In the Superior Court the case was referred to an auditor, who filed a report in which he found that the petitioner was entitled to establish his lien in the sum of $10,029.44, representing the value of labor performed and furnished, as distinguished from the value of materials furnished, with interest from the date of the filing of the petition. Later the case was heard by Morton, J., on the petitioner’s motion for entry of judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This is a petition brought under R. L. c. 197, by a subcontractor to establish a mechanic’s Hen for labor furnished in the erection of a car house upon the respondent’s land at Framingham. The case came before the Superior Court for hearing on the petitioner’s motion for entry of judgment according to the auditor’s report. No issues of fact were raised or requested; but the respondent agreed that the petition could be maintained *150unless as a matter of law the car house was not subject to a mechanic’s lien. The judge found in favor of the petitioner, ruled that the car house was subject to a…
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