Dice v. Bender

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

Plaintiff, appellant, challenges the action of the court below in taking a property of defendants out of the operation of the doctrine of lis pendens.

Plaintiff, a plumber, furnished certain material and performed certain work for defendant Margaret Jane Bender upon two properties owned by her, one at 350 Maple Avenue, and the other at 206 Oakview Street, in the Borough of Edgewood, Allegheny County. Claiming the sum of $5,623.70 with respect to the former and $47.70 with respect to the latter property he filed a complaint in equity to recover those…