Hinchman v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
*• . AN execution, having been levied upon an unfinished house belonging to the defendant, the money arising from the sale Of it was bróught into Court, and a commissioner appointed to examine into and report the liens. , The act of 17th March 1806, (4 Sm.
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*• . AN execution, having been levied upon an unfinished house belonging to the defendant, the money arising from the sale Of it was bróught into Court, and a commissioner appointed to examine into and report the liens. , The act of 17th March 1806, (4 Sm. Laws 300) usually called the Lien Law, enacts that “ All and every dwelling : “ house or other building hereafter constructed and erected “ -within the city and county of Philadelphia, shall be subject “ to the payment of the debts contracted for, or by reason of “ any work done, or materials found and provided, by any “ brickiiiaker,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is one of the’many questions arising out of the act of assembly, by.which mechanics, lumber-merchants, and others, have a lien on houses built in this city, for work done or materials furnished. The claim of C. and J. Remington is -for lumber furnished, according to their contract with W. Graham, for the building of his house. The lumber was delivered, n,ot at or near the house, - but at the carpenter’s shop, where it was to be Worked up. Graham became insolvent, so that the building was ^topped before the lumber was used in the house although it is said, that it has been…
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