Tenth National Bank v. Smith Construction Co.

Citations

• 218 Pa. 584
• 67 A. 874
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 576

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic’s lien — Receiver—Contract.</p> <p>Where a receiver, in the order appointing him, is given no authority to purchase material on the credit of an improvement which he is constructing, but is directed to make all necessary payments from his receipts, a person furnishing him with material cannot file a mechanic’s lien against the improvement for the material furnished. .</p> <p>Where a subcontractor furnishes materials to a corporation for construction purposes, and after the corporation has gone into the hands of a receiver, continues to furnish materials to the receiver, notice to the owner given more than six months after the appointment of the receiver, but within the six months from the date of the last materials furnished to the receiver, will not sustain a mechanic’s lien for materials furnished to the corporation before the appointment of the receiver.</p>