Case Name: MISELLY MASONS, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. D. H. OVERMYER CO., INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY OF BERGEN COUNTY, A BANKING CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GIBBONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GREEN AND WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION; MIDDLESEX CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND EXCAVATING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; BEST BLOCK COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; UTILITYSEBOLT CO., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; AND ISIDORE FRIEDMAN, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1970-10-07
Citations: 113 N.J. Super. 524
Docket Number: 
Parties: MISELLY MASONS, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. D. H. OVERMYER CO., INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY OF BERGEN COUNTY, A BANKING CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GIBBONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GREEN AND WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION; MIDDLESEX CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND EXCAVATING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; BEST BLOCK COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; UTILITYSEBOLT CO., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; AND ISIDORE FRIEDMAN, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 524–526

Head Matter:
MISELLY MASONS, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. D. H. OVERMYER CO., INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY OF BERGEN COUNTY, A BANKING CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GIBBONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; GREEN AND WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION; MIDDLESEX CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND EXCAVATING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; BEST BLOCK COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; UTILITYSEBOLT CO., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; AND ISIDORE FRIEDMAN, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Argued September 28, 1970
Decided October 7, 1970.
Before Judges Sullivan, Collestek and Labkecque.
Mr. Morton Joel G-oldfein argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Greenbaum, Greenbaum & Bowe, attorneys; Mr. Arthur M. Greenbaum, of counsel).
dir. Edward P. Lynch argued the cause for defendant-respondent D. II. Overmyer Co., Inc. (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, attorneys; Mr. Clyde A. Szuch, of counsel).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiff Misc.ly Masons, Inc. appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc.
Overmyer hired defendant Green and White Construction Co., Inc. to construct a warehouse facility on its property in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Green and White subcontracted the masonry work on the project to plaintiff who filed notices oí intention in connection therewith. When plaintiff later filed a mechanic's lien claim for the balance due under its contract, it failed to endorse upon the lien claim the time of commencement of the action to enforce the same. The grant of summary judgment was predicated upon this omission.
In granting the motion the court below was of the opinion that Cox v. Hruza, 54 N. J. Super. 54 (App. Div. 1959) was controlling. We agree. In that case, where, as here, the plaintiff had urged that no other interest would be unjustly affected by allowance of its lien, it was held that the endorsement requirement of N. J. S. A. 2A:44—99 and 101 was substantive and mandatory, "It goes to the very life of the lien; observed, it gives the lien viability and continued life; disregarded, it cuts short its existence and potential effectiveness." (at 63)
We are thus left with no alternative but to affirm the judgment below.