Morrison v. Henderson

Citations

• 126 Pa. 216
• 17 A. 599
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 859

Syllabus

<p>Where a claim filed for a mechanics1 lieu shows on its face that it is for work and labor done, etc., in the erection and construction of a building, but the details of what was done under the contract, made a part of the claim, show-that the work and materials were supplied for an alteration and addition to an old building, the two kinds of claims arising under different acts of assembly and being purely statutory in their creation, the claim is contradictory in averment, and will be stricken off on motion.</p>