Wilson v. Commissioners of Huntingdon County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. Robert Wilson against the Commissioners of Huntingdon county, owners or reputed owners, and Robert Still, surviving James Still, contractors. This was a scire facias upon a mechanic’s lien, in which the jury found a special verdict which raised two questions :— First.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. Robert Wilson against the Commissioners of Huntingdon county, owners or reputed owners, and Robert Still, surviving James Still, contractors. This was a scire facias upon a mechanic’s lien, in which the jury found a special verdict which raised two questions :— First. Has not the plaintiff misconceived his form of action by filing his lien against “The Commissioners of Huntingdon county,” ■instead of “ The County of Huntingdon ?” Second. May a mechanic’s lien be filed against a county 1 Wilson (President).—One of the questions raised in this…
1Opinion of the Court
*199The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
We concur so entirely, not only in the opinion delivered by his honour the President Judge of the court below in this case, but likewise in the reasons advanced by him in support of it, that we are willing to a'dopt it as our own. And I am inclined to believe for myself, that it is expressed with a degree of force and perspicuity to which I could add nothing, were I to attempt it. We have, however, been requested, by the counsel for the plaintiff, to give our opinion upon the second ground taken by the defendant as a defence, upon which the…
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