Carter-Jones Lumber Co. v. Northwestern PA Humane Society

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

In these consolidated appeals, the court must decide whether the animal shelter constructed by the Humane Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania (Humane Society) 1 serves a purely public purpose, thereby rendering the shelter exempt from mechanics’ liens under Section 303(b) of the Mechanics’ Lien Law of 1963(Law), 2 49 P.S. § 1303(b). The Carter-Jones Lumber Company (Carter-Jones) and LGL Animal Care Products, Inc. (LGL) argue that common pleas erred in finding that the shelter serves a purely public purpose. We conclude that the Humane Society’s shelter does serve a…