Allen ex rel. Pepperday v. Oxnard

Citations

• 152 Pa. 621
• 25 A. 568
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1028

Syllabus

<p>Liens — Distribution—Purchase money — Mortgage not recorded in sixty days — Equitable estate.</p> <p>A purchase money mortgage not recorded until more than sixty days-from its execution will have no preference over mechanics’ liens which have attached in the meantime, and although the liens were filed against the equitable estate.</p> <p>Interest on mechanics' lien — Distribution.</p> <p>In distributing afund raised by sheriff’s sale, interest should be allowed on a mechanics’ lien to the date of the sale only, and not to the date of the distribution.</p> <p>Assignments of error — Exceptions to auditor's report.</p> <p>An assignment of error which simply states that the court erred “ in-overruling the exceptions of the appellant to the report of the auditor,” without setting forth the exceptions, does not conform to the rules of court, and will not be considered.</p>