Phila. Brick Co. v. J. D. Johnson Co.
Phila. Brick Co. v. J. D. Johnson Co.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The learned counsel for the appellee concedes, with entire frankness, that the question as to the legal sufficiency of the plaintiff’s claim in this case, is a new question which has never been decided by this court. It can also be said that it is a doubtful question, and that its solution, at least in some of its aspects, depends upon facts which are challenged by the affidavit of defence. Thus the affidavit alleges that “ the lien is filed more than six months after the materials were furnished, and that some, if not all, of the before-mentioned houses, were completed more than six months prior to the filing of the aforesaid bill.” It is true the last date in the bill of particulars is Sept. 30, 1891, and the lien was filed March 28, 1892, but the
Judgment reversed and procedendo awarded.
See also the preceding ease.
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- Mechanic's lien — Two apportioned liens on one entire block — Dividing street — Disputed facts — Affidavit of defence. The court will not decide, as questions of law on a sci fa. sur mechanic’s lien, whether two apportioned liens on parts of one entire block can be filed in any case, and, if so, whether they can be so filed when, as a matter of fact, the land upon which the whole number of buildings was erected was a unit and undivided by any street running through it at the time of the contract, in a case where an affidavit of defence alleges that the lien was filed more than six months after the materials were furnished, and that some if not all of the houses were finished more than six months prior to the filing of the lien, and that a street, running through the whole block which faced on four different streets, was not dedicated or placed on the city plan until after the contract for the entire block was made.