Grable v. Helman

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 324
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 244

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic's lien — Old or new building — Distinction.</p> <p>Where the structure of a building is so completely changed that in common parlance it may properly be called a new building or rebuilding, it comes within the lien law.</p> <p>Where, under the evidence, a court might have decided that it is a case of a building erected within the meaning of the lien law, a nonsuit is improper.</p> <p>Mechanic's lien — Old or new building — Question for jury.</p> <p>A broom factory subsequently used as a carpenter shop was altered into a dwelling house and many changes, additions and transformations effected both externally and within. The testimony was to the effect that the building has the general appearance of a new building altogether different from what it was, the external changes indicating newness of structure. Held, that the question should have been submitted to the jury.</p>