Getz v. Brubaker

Citations

• 25 Pa. Super. 303
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 59

Syllabus

<p>- Constitutional law — Mechanic’s lien — Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 431.</p> <p>The mechanic’s lien Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 431, does not violate the provisions of section 6, of article III of the constitution relating to the extension of existing laws. The act did not extend existing laws. It was intended to be a substitute for all the statutes relating to the general subject.</p> <p>Constitutional law-Usurpation of judicial functions — Definition of words in statute.</p> <p>It is within the power of the legislature to declare in a statute the sense in which it used certain words therein contained.</p> <p>Mechanic’s lien — Contract after conveyance — Notice to owner — Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 431.</p> <p>Where an owner and builder of a house, before the house is completed, conveys it to another, and places the deed on record, and thereafter in pursuance of an agreement with his grantee, enters into a contract for the plumbing of the house, the plumber will not be entitled to a lien for his work and material, unless he serves upon the grantee the notice required by the Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 431. In such a case the former owner is the contractor, and the plumber the subcontractor.</p>