Cooper v. Emmanuele
| Decision Date | 07 April 1966 |
| Citation | 25 A.D.2d 809,270 N.Y.S.2d 99 |
| Parties | Application of Margaret COOPER and Josephine Melchiorre, Appellants, v. Samuel J. EMMANUELE, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Pritchard, Kinney & Buch, Buffalo, for appellants (Richard J. Attea, Buffalo, of counsel).
Saperston, Wiltse, Duke, Day & Wilson, Buffalo, for respondent (Lawrence J. Gallick, Buffalo, of counsel).
Before WILLIAMS, P.J., and BASTOW, GOLDMAN, HENRY and DEL VECCHIO, JJ.
The order appealed from which denied the application to vacate a former order of the court dated November 17, 1964, which directed payment to Emmanuele, the lienor, of the funds deposited to discharge the mechanic's lien should be reversed, and such former order should be vacated. Apparently the former order was granted under the mistaken impression that payment into court to discharge a mechanic's lien constituted payment to the lienor. This impression was erroneous. The payment merely substituted the funds for the real property, as security for the payments of the lien if, and only if, the lien should be judicially established. (Matter of Dean, 83 Hun 413, 31 N.Y.S. 959; see, also, Matter of Standard Tile Co., Inc., 256 App.Div. 1096, 11 N.Y.S.2d 603, mod. 257 App.Div. 834, 12 N.Y.S.2d 188)
Notice of the application for payment was required under § 20 of the Lien Law. Although the affidavits in opposition to the motion to vacate state that notice of the...
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