Allentown National Bank v. Helios Dry Color & Chemical Co.

Citations

• 9 Pa. Super. 275
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 22

Syllabus

<p>Sheriff's fund — Mechanic.'s lien and wage claims.</p> <p>Under the Act of April 9, 1872, P. L. 47, and its supplements, labor claimants have priority over mechanic’s lien creditors. Judgments and mortgages are the only exceptions named in the act and a mechanic’s lien can be classed with neither; nor can mechanic’s lien creditors be included by any stretch of reasoning among wage claimants.</p> <p>Wages — Preferred claim — Sufficient notice.</p> <p>The act does not require any special form of notice for wage claims, so long as it is sufficiently full and clear to show the officers, and others interested, that the labor was performed within the time limited by the act; the business defined therein; the sum due; and the property subject to preferred lien.</p> <p>Wages — Claims m excess of $200 abate.</p> <p>An actual bona- fide transfer carries with it all remedies, rights, etc., but the benefits conferred limit preferred claims to $200. A claim in excess of this amount is preferred to the extent of $200 only, but the language of the act does not indicate that a wage earner who is a creditor to an amount in excess of $200 shall be deprived wholly of preference.</p>