Phila. Brick Co. v. J. D. Johnson Co.

Citations

• 162 Pa. 199
• 29 A. 864
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 963

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic's lien — Two apportioned liens on one entire block — Dividing street — Disputed facts — Affidavit of defence.</p> <p>The court will not decide, as questions of law on a sci fa. sur mechanic’s lien, whether two apportioned liens on parts of one entire block can be filed in any case, and, if so, whether they can be so filed when, as a matter of fact, the land upon which the whole number of buildings was erected was a unit and undivided by any street running through it at the time of the contract, in a case where an affidavit of defence alleges that the lien was filed more than six months after the materials were furnished, and that some if not all of the houses were finished more than six months prior to the filing of the lien, and that a street, running through the whole block which faced on four different streets, was not dedicated or placed on the city plan until after the contract for the entire block was made.</p>