Sterling Bronze Co. v. Syria Improvement Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 174, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1903, No. 814, arresting judgment in ease of Sterling Bronze Company v. Syria Improvement Association, Owner or Reputed Owner and Contractor. Scire facias sur mechanic's lien. Before Ford, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order arresting the judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The disposition made of this case by the learned court below is so clearly right under the recent decisions of this court that but little need be said in support of the motion allowed in arrest of judgment. The proceeding is a scire facias sur mechanic’s lien which had expired by lapse of time. The record shows that the lien was filed February 6, 1903; a scire facias was issued thereon the same day; a jury was called, impaneled and sworn November 10, 1908; a verdict for plaintiff was returned November 11, 1908, and the judgment was arrested February 9, 1909. In…
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