Parkhill v. Hendricks
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 253, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co. March Term, 1910, No. 2,792 (M. L. D.), for defendants non obstante veredicto in case of Charles H. Parkhill v. John M. Hendricks, Contractor and Former Real Owner, David R. Carson, Former Registered Owner, and Anna L. Henry, Present Registered and Real Owner. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien.
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Appeal, No. 253, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co. March Term, 1910, No. 2,792 (M. L. D.), for defendants non obstante veredicto in case of Charles H. Parkhill v. John M. Hendricks, Contractor and Former Real Owner, David R. Carson, Former Registered Owner, and Anna L. Henry, Present Registered and Real Owner. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $40.03. On a motion for judgment for defendant n. o. v. Magill, J., filed the following opinion: The work done and the materials furnished by the plaintiff,…
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Opinion by Rice, P. J.,
The question raised on the argument of this appeal is, whether a mechanic’s lien for grading and sodding a yard *15surrounding a suburban house in course of erection, and for planting trees along the sidewalk in front of it, can be sustained. If the law gave a lien for the work and materials furnished for or about the erection or construction of a “residential plant,” we would be disposed to agree with the appellant’s counsel in his contention that the yard and sidewalk, with their trees and sod, were as much part of it as the house itself. But the Act of June 16,1836, P.…
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