City of Philadelphia v. Beatty

Citations

• 9 Pa. Super. 255
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 18

Syllabus

<p>Municipal lien — Frontage as unit for computation of six months'1 limit. The true intent and meaning of section 2 of the Act of April 16, 1845, P. L. 488, is that the lien must be filed within six months from the time the work is done in front of the premises intended to be liened.</p> <p>The contract to pave between two certain points however distant is an entirety between the contractor and the city, but when the city seeks to proceed against the property for work done and material furnished the frontage becomes the unit for the computation of time between the city and the property owner.</p> <p>A lien is bad which is entered six months after the work was completed in front of the property although the entire work provided for by the contract was not finished until a date within six months.</p>