Horn & Brannen Manufacturing Co. v. Steelman

Citations

• 215 Pa. 187
• 64 A. 409
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 762

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ liens — Gas fixtures — Contract—Statutes—Act of June 15, 1897, P. L. 155.</p> <p>The Act of June 15,1897, P. L. 155, extending the right to file a mechanic’s lien to persons supplying gas fixtures and other appliances mentioned in the act, gives no right of lien where the goods were contracted for before the passage of the act, but delivered to the building after its passage and approval.</p> <p>A statute will always be interpreted so as to operate prospectively and not retrospectively, unless the language is so clear as to preclude all questions as to the intention of the legislature.</p>