Thomas v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a scire facias sur mechanics’ lien, at the suit of Eranldin C. Smith against Septimus Thomas, in which was involved a construction of the Act of Assembly of February 17th 1858, entitled An Act relative to Mechanics’ Liens in the counties of Luzerne and Schuylkill, by which it is enacted “ that the several provisions of an act entitled ‘An Act relating to the liens of mechanics and others upon buildings, approved the…
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Error, to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a scire facias sur mechanics’ lien, at the suit of Eranldin C. Smith against Septimus Thomas, in which was involved a construction of the Act of Assembly of February 17th 1858, entitled An Act relative to Mechanics’ Liens in the counties of Luzerne and Schuylkill, by which it is enacted “ that the several provisions of an act entitled ‘An Act relating to the liens of mechanics and others upon buildings, approved the 16th June 1836, and the several supplements thereto, are hereby extended to all improvements, engines, pumps, machinery,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 3d 1862, by
Woodward, J.
Septimus Thomas leased of the Schuylkill Navigation Company for a term of five years, at an annual rent of $100, a lot of land in North Manheim township, Schuylkill county, together with the privilege of all the ice in two certain reservoirs of the company in that county, and erected on the lot a frame building for an ice-house, a hundred and seven feet in depth, fifty-four in width, and thirty-three in height. Smith, the defendant in error and plaintiff below, furnished lumber for the ice-house to the amount of $263.31, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lowther v. LawrenceOhio Supreme Court · 1833
3Cited by1 opinion
- George Carroll & Bro. Co. v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1903