Philadelphia v. Kelly

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 133
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 119

Syllabus

<p>Municipal liens — Paving—Revival—Prosecution to judgment— Act of May 16,1891, P. L. 69.</p> <p>Where a writ of scire facias is issued three years prior to the date of the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 69, to revive the lien of a judgment previously obtained on a municipal claim for paving, but such writ is not prosecuted to judgment until nearly two and one-half years after the passage of the Act of 1891, the lien of the judgment on the municipal claim is thereby lost.</p> <p>There is nothing in the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 69, that enlarges or broadens the use of an alias scire facias to revive, or has the effect of converting it into an original writ.</p>