Titusville Iron Works v. Keystone Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE VENANGO COUNTY. No. 105 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 132 November Term 1887, C. P. On October 30, 1887, a scire facias sur mechanics’ lien was issued at the suit of R. H. Boughton and E. H. Ames, doing business as the Titusville Iron Woiks, against the Keystone Oil Company, owner or reputed owner and contractor.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE VENANGO COUNTY. No. 105 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 132 November Term 1887, C. P. On October 30, 1887, a scire facias sur mechanics’ lien was issued at the suit of R. H. Boughton and E. H. Ames, doing business as the Titusville Iron Woiks, against the Keystone Oil Company, owner or reputed owner and contractor. The lien upon which the writ issued was filed on September 30,1887, for materials furnished by the plaintiffs between March 31, 1887, and July 30, 1887, for and about the erection and construction of the several buildings and…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Williams :
The controlling question in this case is over the constitutionality of the act of June 17, 1887, entitled “An act relating to the lien of mechanics and others upon buildings.” It undertakes to change the construction of the acts of 1836 and 1845 in regard to the persons embraced within their provisions. To determine whether this «has been done in a constitutional manner, we should notice, first, the construction prevailing prior to the passage of the act of 1887, and next, the manner in which that act attempts to change the law.
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