Legal Opinion

Brandt v. Radley

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 1892PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Action by Brandt against Radley and others on a bond given under Laws 1885, c. 342, § 24, subd. 6, to discharge a mechanic’s lien. Defendants demur to the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.

The questions presented by the demurrer in this case are said by counsel on both sides to be novel, and, so far as any decision of this. court is concerned, I cannot find that they have been adjudicated. They arise under the peculiar provisions of subdivision 6 of section 24 of the mechanics’ lien law of 1885. The action is brought by a lienor—a subcontractor—against the principal contractors and against the representatives of a deceased owner of a building for work done on such building, and it appears from the complaint that, after the plaintiff filed a notice of lien, a bond with sureties…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Copley v. HayNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1891
  2. Scherrer v. Music Hall Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1892

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Morton v. . TuckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  2. Kruger v. BraenderNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
  3. Morton v. O'KeefeNew York City Court · 1894
  4. Reilly v. PoerschkeAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897

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