Pennsylvania & Delaware Railroad v. Leuffer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Chester county: Of July Term 1876, No. 86. This was a scire facias issued by George W. Leuffer against the •Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad Company, with notice to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The plaintiff was a civil engineer, and as such rendered services to the first above-mentioned road in the course of its construction.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Chester county: Of July Term 1876, No. 86. This was a scire facias issued by George W. Leuffer against the •Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad Company, with notice to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The plaintiff was a civil engineer, and as such rendered services to the first above-mentioned road in the course of its construction. He brought suit for the value of these services and recovered a judgment for $1919.13, upon which this scire facias issued. The only question was whether a civil engineer was a “laborer” or “workman” within the meaning of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The scire facias of the plaintiff below is founded upon a judgment *171obtained by him, against the Pennsylvania and Delaware Railroad Co., for services rendered to it as engineer in the construction of its improvements. He claims judgment against the defendant, in the present case, lessee of the company above named, by virtue of the provisions of the resolution of the General Assembly of January 21st 1843, and its supplement of April 4th 1862. These acts, in effect, give a lien to “ contractors, laborers and workmen,” upon the railroads and other works and property of public companies, for the…
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