Thomas v. James
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the Common Pleas of Luzerne county. This was a claim filed by Abraham Thomas against John H. James, contractor, and Chambers, Biddle & Co. reputed owners, and was as follows:— “ The prothonotary is hereby directed to enter for the plaintiff a mechanic’s lien, in the Common Pleas of said county, for the sum of $503.89, together with interest; against a two story frame dwelling-house, 16 ft. by 24 ft., on the ground on Billy’s Hill, above the large…
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APPEAL from the decree of the Common Pleas of Luzerne county. This was a claim filed by Abraham Thomas against John H. James, contractor, and Chambers, Biddle & Co. reputed owners, and was as follows:— “ The prothonotary is hereby directed to enter for the plaintiff a mechanic’s lien, in the Common Pleas of said county, for the sum of $503.89, together with interest; against a two story frame dwelling-house, 16 ft. by 24 ft., on the ground on Billy’s Hill, above the large rolling and slitting-mill of Biddle, Chambers & Co.: also, against a one story frame office, 18 ft. by 40 ft., on the…
1Opinion of the Court
*382The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
Under the Act of 17th March 1806, relative to the liens of mechanics and material-men, it was a matter of much dispute whether a joint claim for materials, filed against several distinct buildings, was good. It was at length decided, that where, adjoining buildings were owned by different persons, it was void, Gorgas v. Douglas, (6 Serg. & Rawle 512); but that where they were owned by the same person, and erected under a general request, without any specific contract for each house separately, a mechanic or material-man might file his claim…
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