Strawick v. Munhall

Citations

• 139 Pa. 163
• 21 A. 151
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 968

Syllabus

<p>£To be reported.]</p> <p>1. The notice of an intention to file a lien, required by the last proviso of § 1, act of June 17,1887, P. L. 409, “ relating to the liens of mechanics, laborers and others, upon leasehold estates.and property thereon,” is the basis of the right, and must be given to the owner or reputed owner of the leasehold at the time the work is begun.</p> <p>2. The word “ when,”.in the first clause of said proviso, is the equivalent of the words “ at the time,” in the last proviso to § 1, act of May 18, 1887, P. L. 118; and, the notice being indispensable for the lien and for the protection of the owner of the leasehold, a notice of an intention to file the lien, given after the work is done, will be too late.</p>