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Matter of Murdock v. Kleist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 26, 1937
250 App. Div. 127 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)

Opinion

February 26, 1937.

Appeal from Supreme Court of Westchester County.

Charles Stein [ Julius Giller with him on the brief], for the appellant.

Martin E. King, for the respondent.


This proceeding was instituted by the owner, the respondent here, to procure an order vacating and canceling a notice of mechanic's lien filed against real property by the appellant for services rendered as an architect. The grounds of the motion were that the notice did not comply with subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 9 Lien of the Lien Law. The motion was granted.

The stating of the claimant's business address instead of his residence in the notice did not violate the provisions of subdivision 1 of section 9 Lien of the Lien Law. Furthermore, it is not shown that any substantial right of the owner was prejudiced by the statement of the business address of the claimant, and, therefore, the mistake should be disregarded. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 105.) Claimant's failure to state in his notice of lien any alleged agreed price or value of the architectural plans and specifications as materials furnished, apart from the labor performed in their preparation and supervision, was not violative of subdivision 4. The notice as filed was in substantial compliance with the requirements of the statute. (Lien Law, § 23; Fyfe v. Sound Development Co., 235 N.Y. 266, 270; Gates Co. v. Nat. Fair Exposition Assn., 225 id. 142, 155, 156; Matter of Core Joint Concrete Pipe Corp. v. Paino Bros., Inc., 247 App. Div. 746; Fournier v. Mauro, 240 id. 766; modfd., Id. 855.)

The order should be reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion denied, with ten dollars costs.

LAZANSKY, P.J., HAGARTY, CARSWELL, ADEL and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

Order vacating a notice of mechanic's lien reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Murdock v. Kleist

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 26, 1937
250 App. Div. 127 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
Case details for

Matter of Murdock v. Kleist

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Application of JOHN J. MURDOCK, Owner, Respondent, to…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 26, 1937

Citations

250 App. Div. 127 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
293 N.Y.S. 583

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