New Prague Lumber & Readi-Mix Co. v. Bastyr

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• concluding that “the considerable lapse of time — more than 5 months — supports the conclusion that the second project was an afterthought”
• concluding that the “considerable lapse of time” of more than 5 months” between two projects supported the conclusion that the second project was “an afterthought”
• noting that “[w]here work, distinct in its nature, is performed at different times, the law supposes it performed under distinct engagements” and concluding that “the considerable lapse of time — more than 5 months — supports the conclusion that the second project was an afterthought”
• project was two separate improvements where construction of residential addition began five months after repair project
• where second project was merely an afterthought and followed completion of first project by five months, intervening mortgage held superior to the second improvement
• when work done at different times forms an entire project or parties contemplated only one project, court must consider it one contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).