Barclay's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This is an appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, distributing certain money arising from the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of John Darrah. On the 25th February, 1848, Geo.
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This is an appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, distributing certain money arising from the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of John Darrah. On the 25th February, 1848, Geo. G. Barclay, entered up a judgment against the said John Darrah for the sum of $500, with interest from January 16, 1848, in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, to January term, 1848, No. 186. Upon this judgment a fi. fa. was issued to November term, 1848, No. 46, and a vend. ex. to January term, 1849, No. 13, under which the real estate of said John Darrah was condemned, sold, and…
1Per curiam
O’Brien vs. Logan, 9 Barr 97, established that a reference, in a mechanic’s lien, to a special contract, where there is one, is not indispensable; and Young vs. Lyman, id. 449, established that it is not necessary to set forth items; but neither of them went so far as to dispense with the nature of the work or materials with a specification of the building, strictly so called, that would exclude work done, or materials supplied for any thing *497else. In this instance, the charge is for work done for and about the erection and construction of the said building and appurtenance. But an…
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