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14 Pa. 175

Hill v. McDowell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 30, 1850

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1850-10-30

Error, to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was a scire facias on a mechanic’s lien, filed against a dwelling-house, describing it, for work and labor, to wit, carpenter work done, and materials furnished in and about the erection and construction of said double frame dwelling-house, within six months last past, the said work having been commenced on or about the 10th day of December, A. d. 1847, and finished on or about the 6th day of May, A. D. 1848, a bill of…

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¶1The opinion of the court was delivered, by

Burnside, J.

¶2— The learned judge was right in overruling the demurrer, and in rendering judgment of respondeat ouster. The District Court was of opinion that the lien was sufficient, and in that opinion we fully concur. On the trial, the plaintiffs proved that they did the work under an agreement with the defendants, that they should be paid by measurement, at the Pittsburg book of prices, thirty per cent. off. The evidence was objected to under the lien filed, unless evidence was first given to show that the defendants agreed to pay $248.02 for the work done. The evidence was properly admitted. When work is to be done by measurement, it would puzzle even a Pittsburgh lawyer to ascertain the price of the work before it was measured. The plaintiff’s statement being for work and labor, the bill and statement constituted a valid and sufficient lien, and the evidence of Dunn was rightly admitted.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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