Wistar v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1875, No. 162. Scire facias sur municipal claim, filed by the City of Philadelphia to the use of George W. Mooney, to the use of William Armstrong, against a certain property in Stiles street, in said city, for work done on a sewer in front thereof, and against the “ heirs of Richard Wistar, deceased, owners or reputed owners, or whoever may be owner.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1875, No. 162. Scire facias sur municipal claim, filed by the City of Philadelphia to the use of George W. Mooney, to the use of William Armstrong, against a certain property in Stiles street, in said city, for work done on a sewer in front thereof, and against the “ heirs of Richard Wistar, deceased, owners or reputed owners, or whoever may be owner.” The facts stated in the opinion of this court, and the following specifications of error, which were assigned by Wistar to a judgment entered by the court in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
On the 13th of October 1874, the city of Philadelphia filed in the court below, to the use of George W. Mooney, a lien against the lot described therein, for the sum of $291.02, for the construction of a sewer in front thereof, authorized by ordinance of councils, and against “ the heirs of Richard Wistar, deceased, owners or reputed owners; or whoever may be owner.” On the same day the lien was marked to the use of William Armstrong. On the 21st of November 1874, the claimants’ attorney filed a suggestion that Lewis Wistar was the actual owner of the lot aforesaid, and the same day a writ of…
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