Hills v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, in which .the case was a scire facias filed upon a claim under the mechanics’ lien law, by John and Daniel Elliott, the defendants . in error, against the plaintiffs in error, John Jt. Hills, undertaker, and John Buffington, owner of a certain building.
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IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, in which .the case was a scire facias filed upon a claim under the mechanics’ lien law, by John and Daniel Elliott, the defendants . in error, against the plaintiffs in error, John Jt. Hills, undertaker, and John Buffington, owner of a certain building. The cause was argued in this court by Harris and Douglas, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Roberts and Fisher, contra; after which the opinion of the court, in which the whole case is sufficiently stated, was delivered by
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.
John and Daniel Elliott filed in the office of the prothonotary of Dauphin county a claim for materials, as follows:
‘‘John A. Hills, undertaker, and John Buffington, owner of the building, debtor to John and Daniel Elliott of the city of Philadelphia, material men, — for glass and paint, and materials furnished and delivered to John ft. Hills on the 1st of July, 1822, for erecting and constructing a certain three-story brick, &c. (describing it very precisely,) and now in the possession of John Buffington aforesaid, viz.—
48 Lights, (Eng. Crown Glass,) Breakage of this size,
40 Lights,…
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