Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1839

Miller v. Oliver

Miller v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 15, 1839
8 Watts 514

Miller v. Oliver

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The addition of a basement story to a frame house, finished so far as to have received a family, which seems to have been the case here, is not an erection or a construction within the purview of the statute. Here the frame was lifted up in order to admit of the new story, which shows that it was not within the contemplation of the builder as a part of the original structure, but an addition to a house already occupied, and no part of its finishing.

Judgment reversed.

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