Muldoon v. . Pitt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered on the report of the referee, as against defendants, William Pitt and Charles Pitt.
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Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered on the report of the referee, as against defendants, William Pitt and Charles Pitt. The action was brought to foreclose a mechanics’ lien for $1,330, filed by plaintiff against property No. 108 East , Twenty-seventh street, in the city of New York, of'which the Pitts were owners, and defendant, Yierkant, was tenant, for work done by the plaintiff under contract with said tenant. ' The lease contained a provision by which…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This was a proceeding in the Common Pleas of New York, under the mechanics' lien law of 1863. (Ch. 500, Laws of 1863, p. 859, etc.) It involved the construction of the 6th section of the act which defines the cases in which a lien shall exist, and the precise inquiries necessary to be answered in order to dispose of this case is in what sense the word "owner" is employed in that section. The section provides that any person who should thereafter * * in pursuance…
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