Skurnick v. Kaletsky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Morris Skurnick, from a judgment of the County Court of Onondaga county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 13th day of May, 1910, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Syracuse in favor of the plaintiff, rendered upon the verdict of a jurJ-
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The plaintiff, a sub-contractor, commenced this action in the Municipal Court of the city of Syracuse against the owner to foreclose two mechanic’s liens. The defendant had engaged one Bobinsliy to rebuild a dwelling house for her. The contractor sublet a part of the work to the plaintiff, who partly performed his contract and abandoned it for the reason that no money was paid to him. Subsequently, as lie claims, the defendant employed him to finish the work he had undertaken and agreed to pay him the full contract price when the work was completed. The plaintiff thereupon, and in…
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