Connolly v. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 514
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 291

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic’s lien — Agreement to sell real estate — “Owner” within meaning of mechanic’s lien law.</p> <p>Where an owner of real estate executes an agreement of sale for a property worth $11,500, upon a payment of $5 down, final settlement to be made in fifteen months, — at the same time leasing the property to the vendee for fifteen months at a stated rental per month — and subsequently, before any work is done to the property, modifies the terms of the agreement upon the vendee undertaking to add $2,000 worth of improvements, and insure the buildings for five years, the vendor will not be held liable on a mechanic’s lien for work done and materials furnished to the property upon the-order of the vendee. The vendor is not an owner within the meaning of the Act of June 4, 1901, See. 4, P. L. 431. O’Kane v. Murray, 252 Pa. 60, followed.</p>