Linden Steel Co. v. Rough Run Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 140, Oct. T., 1893, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Butler Co., June T., 1893, No. 290, on verdict for plaintiff. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien. Before Hazen, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 140, Oct. T., 1893, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Butler Co., June T., 1893, No. 290, on verdict for plaintiff. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien. Before Hazen, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiff’s points were as follows : “ 1. If the materials specified in the lien were of such a character as were necessary for the construction of the salt works in question, and the plaintiff in good faith sold and parted with the materials for that purpose, relying on the credit of said salt works, then the plaintiff is entitled to recover the value of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bv
Mr. Justice Dean,
The Rough Run Manufacturing Company erected a number of buildings on its own land for the manufacture of salt. Be*243fore all the buildings were finished, on the 25th of May, 1892, James Meehan, a boiler maker, doing business at Franklin, Pa., entered into a written contract with the company to put up for* it certain salt pans, fully described in the agreement, for the price of $3,000, to be paid $1,000 when the first pan was built and the material for the other delivered on the ground, and the remaining $2,000 when all were completed; Meehan to furnish at his own…
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- Short v. Miller & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Short v. AmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Wigton & Brooks's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
- Linden Steel Co. v. Imperial Ref. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- White v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
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