Wirsing v. Pennsylvania Hotel & Sanitarium Co.

Citations

• 226 Pa. 234
• 75 A. 259
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 743

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ liens — Curtilage—Separated lots.</p> <p>1. By the Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 431, curtilage, to be regarded as appurtenant to a building and bound by a mechanic’s lien filed against it, is “such as is reasonably needed for the general purpose” for which the structure is erected, and belongs to the same owner. As a rule, curtilage does not extend beyond the lot on which the building is erected, but when more land is reasonably needed for the general purpose of the structure and at the time the same is being erected the owner of it intends that another lot in addition to the one on which it is being built shall be included in the curtilage and constitute a part of the same, it is reasonable that a mechanic’s lien should extend to both.</p> <p>2. A mechanic’s lien may be maintained against a hotel property and a lot separated from the hotel by a railroad and intervening private lands, where it appears that on the lot was a mineral spring, and that it was the intention of the owners to use the hotel in connection with the spring as a sanitarium, and to construct on the lot where the spring was situated a plant for supplying light and heat to the hotel.</p>