Gorgas v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ON a writ of error to the District'Court for the city and county °f Philadelphia, this appeared to be a scire facias issued to June Term, 1819, upon a claim filed on the 2d June, for 1427 dollars 28 cents, under the Mechanics’lien timber furnished for the building of three brick bouses adjoining each other, in the city of Philadelphia, of which Francis Douglas was the reputed owner.
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In Error. ON a writ of error to the District'Court for the city and county °f Philadelphia, this appeared to be a scire facias issued to June Term, 1819, upon a claim filed on the 2d June, for 1427 dollars 28 cents, under the Mechanics’lien timber furnished for the building of three brick bouses adjoining each other, in the city of Philadelphia, of which Francis Douglas was the reputed owner. On the part of the defendant, it appeared that the plaintiff had brought suit against the defendant for a balance of an account, in which the charge for the lumber for which his claim was filed, was…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
Joseph Gorgas, surviving partner of John Warner, issued • a scire facias in the District Court for the, city and county of Philadelphia, against Francis Douglas, owner, or reputed owner, of three houses described in the writ, and the terre tenants or possessors of the said houses. The proceeding is founded on an act passed the 17th March, 1806, entitled “ An act securing to mechanics and others, payment for their labour and materials, in erecting any house or other building within the city and county of Philadelphia.'’'1 Warner Gorgas were lumber merchants, and, in pursuance of the said act…
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