Lea v. Jones

Citations

• 209 Pa. 22
• 57 A. 1113
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 546

Syllabus

<p>Party walls—Cost of wall—Bight of action—Acts of February 24,1721, and April 10, 1849, sec. 4, P. L. 600.</p> <p>The purpose of the Act of April 10, 1849, sec. 4, P. L. 600, relating to party walls, was, first, to make the right to compensation pass with the land, unless reserved until the wall is used; and, second, to vest in the owner at the time of such use the right to compensation. Where such right of compensation has actually vested in an owner, the right does not pass from the owner by his subsequent conveyance of the property, even though there is no reservation of this right.</p>