Short v. Ames

Citations

• 121 Pa. 530
• 15 A. 607
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 686

Syllabus

<p>1. The act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 696, does not designate the character or kind of a building to which a mechanics’ lien will attach; wherefore, any structure of a substantial and permanent character which may in any reasonable sense be known as a building, may be subjected to such lien : Short v. Miller, 120 Pa. 470.</p> <p>2. But a claim filed as a lien, “ for materials furnished for and about the erection and construction of several buildings and a certain oil refinery,” without further description of the buildings, and with an erroneous description of the locality where they are situated, is radically defective, under the provisions of § 12 of said act.</p> <p>3. If the claim be filed against buildings constituting in whole or in part an oil refinery, it must be entered against such structures and buildings erected in connection therewith as are the proper subjects of a mechanics’ lien, and they njust be so described as to be capable of identification.</p>