Legal Opinion

German Fairhill Building Ass'n v. Heebner

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 16, 1897No. Appeal, No. 63PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 63, Nov. T., 1896, by Gilbert L. Thompson, from decree of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1895, No. 37, execution docket, confirming report of auditor appointed to distribute a fund in court. Exceptions to auditor’s report.

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Appeal, No. 63, Nov. T., 1896, by Gilbert L. Thompson, from decree of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1895, No. 37, execution docket, confirming report of auditor appointed to distribute a fund in court. Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Swartz, P. J. It appeals from the report of the auditor that Abraham G. Freed purchased a stone house and lot in the borough of Lansdale by deed dated December 13,1892, in which he kept-a hotel for all purposes excepting the sale of liquor. He subsequently filed an application for a hotel license stipulating that, if the same were granted, the hotel…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Wickham, J.,

A careful examination of the facts furnished us by the audit- or’s report in this case, the evidence not being printed, satisfies us that the court below committed no error.

While the original building described in the report of the learned auditor, and represented, we suppose, with reasonable-fidelity, in the pictures offered in evidence, was changed, still the changes were merely alterations and additions within the meaning of the Act of May 18, 1887, P. L. 118. This act requires notice of the intention to file a lien to be given the owner or reputed owner, or his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smyers v. BeamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. In re HowettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
  3. De Wald v. WoogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. KeatingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  2. Porter v. WeightmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Goeringer v. SchappertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  4. Mehl & Sapper v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  5. Law v. LevineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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