Case Name: James Nunan, Resp't, v. Andrew T. Doyle, App'lt
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1892-03-14
Citations: 44 N.Y. St. Rep. 826
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Nunan, Resp’t, v. Andrew T. Doyle, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 44
Pages: 826–826

Head Matter:
James Nunan, Resp’t, v. Andrew T. Doyle, App’lt.
(New York Superior Court, General Term,
Filed March 14, 1892.)
Mechanics’ Lien—Performance. ■
It is no defense to an action to foreclose a mechanics’ lien, that there was not full performance of the contract; substantial performance is sufficient.
Appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff.
Charles J. Hardy, for app’lt; William Stone, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Dugro, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
The action was brought to foreclose a mechanics' lien. The amount claimed to be due was $1,614, and was for a balance upon a contract of $14,680, and for extra work The recovery was for $1,063.60. The appellant claims that the lien was invalid, and seems to rely greatly upon a finding of fact, which is in effect that the work covered by the contracts was not yet completed at the time of the trial. That a substantial completion was not referred to in this finding is evidenced by the fourth finding, which reads, "That before the 14th day of'July, 1890, plaintiff had substantially completed the plastering work required to be done. " The case shows that the referee found that plaintiff had substantially performed the contract and work for which he filed the lien. Allowance was made for the lack of full performance.
Hollister v. Mott, 32 St. Rep., 743, is satisfactory authority that a recovery ought not to be defeated upon the ground that there was not full performance by the plaintiff; substantial performance will suffice. I have examined the exceptions which appear in the case, and find no error which warrants a reversal.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs and disbursements.
Sedgwick, Oh. J., and Gtldersleeve, J., concur.