Davis v. Clark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Luzerne County: Of January Term, 1884, No. 414. This was a ease stated, wherein Frank Clark was plaintiff, and A. J. Davis, lessee, and John F. Jones, contractor, were defendants, setting forth as follows:— 1. That by indenture of lease bearing date the 28th day of November, 1864, and recorded, &c,, Hendrick B. Wright, for himself and as guardian of Hendrick B. Wright, Jr., leased the coal lying under two certain tracts of land situate…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Luzerne County: Of January Term, 1884, No. 414. This was a ease stated, wherein Frank Clark was plaintiff, and A. J. Davis, lessee, and John F. Jones, contractor, were defendants, setting forth as follows:— 1. That by indenture of lease bearing date the 28th day of November, 1864, and recorded, &c,, Hendrick B. Wright, for himself and as guardian of Hendrick B. Wright, Jr., leased the coal lying under two certain tracts of land situate in. the township of Hanover, said county, to Abel Barker et al., with a covenant against underletting. 3. That by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
The claim of lien in this case arises on the Act of 28th June 1879, P. L. 182. It was filed under the provisions of the second section thereof. That declares “all persons performing labor for or about the construction or erection of any engine, engine house, derrick, tank, buildings, machinery, wood or iron improvements, constructed or erected upon any leasehold, held’ either by written or verbal lease, or for boring, drilling, or mining, on any lease or lot as aforesaid, for the development or improvement of the same, whether such labor is or may be done by the day, month .or year, or by…
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