Order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements.
Prior to 1916, an architect was not entitled to a mechanic's lien for services rendered solely in preparing plans. (Thompson-Starrett Co. v. Brooklyn Heights Realty Co., 111 App. Div. 358; Spannhake, Inc., v. Mountain Constr. Co., 159 App. Div. 727.) By chapter 507 of the Laws of 1916, section 2 of the Lien Law was amended to permit a lien for the drawing of plans, even though no building was erected...
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