7 Watts 9 | Pa. | 1838
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
By the primitive act of 1803, supplied by the act of 1806, on which, with the supplement of 1808, the present question depends, the legislature hypothecated buildings for debts contracted in the construction of them. No more was contemplated in it than the usual case of a builder on his own ground; and hence, in an action against the legal owner, a lien was not allowed for materials furnished on the order of a vendee, by articles of agreement, because an action to enforce it could be maintained only on
Judgment reversed.