McPhee v. Litchfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, under the Pub. Sts. e. 191, against Frederick W. Litchfield, Catherine Broderick, and Margaret McNamara, to enforce a mechanic’s lien for labor performed in the erection-of a building in Chelsea. Trial in the Superior Court, before Pitman, J., who ruled that the petitioner was entitled to maintain his lien; and reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The only objection made by the respondents to the validity of the petitioner’s lien is that the certificate filed by him in the registry of deeds was insufficient. The statute provides that “ the lien shall be dissolved unless the person desiring to avail himself thereof, within thirty days after he ceases to labor on or to furnish labor or materials for the building or structure, files in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the same is situated a statement of a just and true account of the amount due him, with all just credits given; a description of the property…
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