Gerry v. Painter

Citations

• 9 Pa. Super. 150
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 136

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic's lien — New construction or alteration — Question for jury. Where a mechanic’s lien contains only an allegation of a new construction, positive allegations in the affidavit of defense that the work was alteration and not new construction, raise a case sufficiently doubtful to require its submission to a jury to determine the character of the construction under proper instructions.</p>