Nelson v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. ' ( This was a scire facias on a mechanic’s lien by Campbell & Pharo against James Nelson, owner, and McClellan & Rheem, contractors. The defendant, Nelson, was the owner of a four story brick messuage with back buildings, situate at the corner of Broad and Callowhill streets in the city of Philadelphia.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. ' ( This was a scire facias on a mechanic’s lien by Campbell & Pharo against James Nelson, owner, and McClellan & Rheem, contractors. The defendant, Nelson, was the owner of a four story brick messuage with back buildings, situate at the corner of Broad and Callowhill streets in the city of Philadelphia. The main building contained in front, on Callowhill street, about eighteen feet six inches, and extended in depth, along Broad street, about fifty feet. Adjoining this main building, and communicating with it, was a two story wing fronting on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, J.
This claim will have a very peculiar result, if enforced as it seems to be understood. Nelson had a tavern house on one corner of his lot, and a stable on the corner diagonally opposite; and he enlarged the house by adding new buildings on the other two corners, which enclose two sides of the original house, and are united together. Now, if this lien is to be enforced against the ground occupied by the new buildings, and the yard belonging to them, the defendant’s lot is cut into three pieces, and his house and stable are totally separate and…
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