Meyers v. Bratespiece
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 192, July T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., September T., 1894, No. 432, on verdict for plaintiffs. Replevin to recover a lot of coats. Before Arnold, J: At the trial it appeared that plaintiffs delivered to Abraham Harris a quantity of cloth, to make up into coats at the rate of 35 cents per coat. Harris entered into a contract with defendant by which he agreed to pay him 50 cents per coat for making up a portion of the cloth.
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Appeal, No. 192, July T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., September T., 1894, No. 432, on verdict for plaintiffs. Replevin to recover a lot of coats. Before Arnold, J: At the trial it appeared that plaintiffs delivered to Abraham Harris a quantity of cloth, to make up into coats at the rate of 35 cents per coat. Harris entered into a contract with defendant by which he agreed to pay him 50 cents per coat for making up a portion of the cloth. Harris after collecting some of the money due for the coats absconded without paying defendant, who claimed to retain the…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
We agree with the learned court below that Bratespiece had no lien for his labor on the goods of the plaintiffs that he received from Harris, their bailee. There was no contractual relation between him and the owners. They had delivered the goods to Harris to be made into coats at a price mutually agreed upon, but their contract did not authorize him to subject the goods to liens for labor and expenditures in the hands of other persons. While the goods were in his possession they would undoubtedly be subject to a lien in his favor for work done upon them by him…
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