Quimby v. Sloan
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from the judgment of the Marine Court. This was an action brought in the Marine Court to foreclose a lien under the “ Act for the better security of Mechanics,” &c. It was argued in the Marine Court upon an agreed statement of facts. From this statement, it appeared that the plaintiffs, A. M. Quimby & Son, were employed in the fall of 1854 by Sloan & Leggett to attach lightning rods to certain buildings in process of erection by the latter firm.
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Appeal from the judgment of the Marine Court. This was an action brought in the Marine Court to foreclose a lien under the “ Act for the better security of Mechanics,” &c. It was argued in the Marine Court upon an agreed statement of facts. From this statement, it appeared that the plaintiffs, A. M. Quimby & Son, were employed in the fall of 1854 by Sloan & Leggett to attach lightning rods to certain buildings in process of erection by the latter firm. These lightning rods ran into the ground eight or ten feet, and were fastened to the building by iron spikes. On the 11th of January, 1855,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodRuff, J.
The proceeding in this case in the Marine Court, was had under the mechanics’ lien law of 1851, and was instituted to foreclose an alleged lien upon certain buildings erected by the defendants, Sloan & Leggett, to which the plaintiffs have attached lightning rods, inserted some eight or ten feet in the ground, and fastened to the buildings by iron spikes. After the rods were attached, and before the notice prescribed by the statute was filed with the county clerk, the owners, Sloan & Leggett, conveyed the buildings and lots of ground to the defendants, Wright & Purdy, in trust for creditors…
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