Freeport Borough v. Miller Estate

Citations

• 34 Pa. Super. 395
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 145

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Municipal lien — Paving—Misnomer of county — Character of work — Completion of work — Confirmation of assessments.</p> <p>A municipal lien filed by a borough against a decedent’s estate for paving a street misnamed the county in which the borough was situated. The lien was for a lump sum, and did not set forth the kind and character of'the work done, otherwise than that it was “ grading, paving and curbing;” nor did it set forth the name of the owner at the time the lien was filed, otherwise than as “ the Robert Miller Estate.” On exceptions the lien was stricken off. Held, by an equally divided court, that the order striking off the lien should be sustained.</p>