Coverdill v. Heath
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Oct. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 109-|-, M. L. D., on verdict for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur mechanic’s lien. Before Beitler, J. It appears from the record that apportioned liens for $94.68 were filed December 12, 1893, against two adjoining two-story buildings and lots of ground, etc. Sci. fa. was issued October 5, 1896. By agreement the two cases were tried as one.
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Appeal, No. 78, Oct. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 109-|-, M. L. D., on verdict for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur mechanic’s lien. Before Beitler, J. It appears from the record that apportioned liens for $94.68 were filed December 12, 1893, against two adjoining two-story buildings and lots of ground, etc. Sci. fa. was issued October 5, 1896. By agreement the two cases were tried as one. At the trial the court overruled objection of defendants’ counsel to the following question of plaintiff’s counsel to the witness, Howard Wolfingdon, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beebek, J.,
The first assignment of error is to the admission of the testimony of plaintiff’s bookkeeper to the effect that the charge in the book, although against Helen S. Heath, was in reality against the defendant. He was asked whether the charge was against “this lady here,” to which lie answered, “It was her that got the goods.” It had already appeared during the trial that the charge in the book had been made against Helen S„ Heath, but that the goods were ordered by Ellen S. Heath, the defendant. The question was therefore a proper one designed to secure an explanation of…
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