Tuttle & Bailey Manufacturing Co. v. General Electric Co.

The sole question undetermined on the. trial concerned the validity of the order obtained by the United States Radiator Corporation, and whether that order was entitled to preference over the liens of the plaintiff and the other defendants. The order was given and filed before any of the hens were filed.. It is attacked upon the ground that the provisions of section 15 of the Lien Law were not complied with- That section is entitled “ Assignments of contracts and orders to be filed.” It provides that no assignment of a contract for the performance of labor or the furnishing of materials for…