Douglass v. F. W. Carlin Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the F. W. Carlin Construction Company and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 7th day of June, 1911, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, resulting in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs as copartners were sub-contractors of the defendant F. W. Carlin Construction Company, which company had a contract with the defendant, the City of New York, for the construction or alteration of the Williamsburgh or new East River bridge. It is not questioned that the plaintiffs performed certain labor and furnished certain materials to said defendant Carlin Construction Company, but a controversy arose as to the value of the services and materials, and the…
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- National Bank of Deposit v. . RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Maders v. WhallonNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Riesgo v. Glengariffe Realty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Riesgo v. ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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- Schultz v. Teichman Engineering & Construction Co.New York Supreme Court · 1913