Northern Piping & Sprinkler Corp. v. Tri-Equities, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

Is a mechanic’s lienor, who is made a party defendant in an action to enforce another contractor’s mechanic’s lien, precluded from thereafter seeking a further court order to have its lien continued? This issue arises in two separate actions, and I will treat the two motions in Northern Piping & Sprinkler Corp. v Tri-Equities, Inc. (index No. 7411/85) and in Morrell-Brown Plastering Corp. v Tri-Equities, Inc. (index No. 18864/85) as a single motion.

In each action, the defendants move to vacate the mechanic’s liens, one filed by Northern Piping and…