Pennsylvania Co. v. Odd Fellows

Citations

• 50 Pa. Super. 255
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 38

Syllabus

<p>Building laws — Party wall — Use of wall — Steel frame building — Act of February 24,1721,4 Sm. L. 124-</p> <p>In a proceeding under the Act of February 24, 1721, 2 Sm. L. 124, to ascertain an amount due for the alleged use of a party wall, where the defendants admit that they had erected a steel frame building, but deny that they had broken into the party wall, the plaintiff is entitled to offer in evidence the plans and specifications of the defendant’s building, in order to show how the defendants in erecting their building, had dealt with the party wall; and the plaintiff may also show by oral proof that the defendants had actually broken into the party wall, recessing therein the steel columns of the new building and supporting therein at least one of the steel beams; and this is the case although the old wall may not have actually carried any of the weight of the new building, but merely served as a protection to the steel frame against atmospheric changes and fire.</p>