Long v. McLanahan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Clvnton comity : Of January Term 1883, No. 220. Scire facias sur mechanics’ lien, by McLanahan and Stone against Joseph B. F-urst and Joseph H. Long, owners, and Austin Curtin, contractor, to recover $1,924.22 for materials furnished and work and labor done, upon an alleged contract with Curtin, for and about the erection and construction of buildings on a property known as the Mill Hall Furnace.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Clvnton comity : Of January Term 1883, No. 220. Scire facias sur mechanics’ lien, by McLanahan and Stone against Joseph B. F-urst and Joseph H. Long, owners, and Austin Curtin, contractor, to recover $1,924.22 for materials furnished and work and labor done, upon an alleged contract with Curtin, for and about the erection and construction of buildings on a property known as the Mill Hall Furnace. Curtin made nó defence, and the issue was-solely with Long and Furst. Pleas, nil debet; and specially that Curtin was simply a lessee, and had no authority to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tbunkey
Long and Furst leased to Curtin nine acres of land on which stood a furnace building, with a water-power or right, for the term of ten years, Curtin to pay an annual rent of $1 and all taxes assessed on the property during the term. Curtin also agreed “ to repair, improve and rebuild said furnace building, and put the same in proper condition for manufacturing iron, and to operate the same in the manufacture of iron.” lie undertook to complete the repairs and have the furnace in operation within three months and seven days from the date of the lease, and that all the improvements should…
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