Case Name: A. G. Breitweiser Company v. Scott, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1907-05-13
Citations: 33 Pa. Super. 627
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 159
Parties: A. G. Breitweiser Company v. Scott, Appellant.
Judges: Before Rice, P. J., Henderson, Morrison, Head and Beaver, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 627–628

Head Matter:
A. G. Breitweiser Company v. Scott, Appellant.
Appeals — Interlocutory order — Mechanic’s lien.
No appeal lies from an order discharging a rule to strike off a mechanic’s lien.
Argued April 10, 1907.
Appeal, No. 159, April T., 1907, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1906, No. 37, discharging rule to strike off mechanic’s lien in case of A. G. Breitweiser Co. v. A. I. Scott or Jennie I. Scott, Owner or Reputed Owner, and A. I. Scott, Contractor.
Before Rice, P. J., Henderson, Morrison, Head and Beaver, JJ.
Appeal quashed.
Rule to show cause 'why mechanic’s lien should not be stricken off.
Error assigned was the order of the court.
W W. Wyant, for appellants.
May 13, 1907 :
E. W. Arthur, with him W. S. Thomas, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
This is an appeal from an order discharging a rule to show cause why a mechanic's lien should not be struck off. Prior to the Act of June 4, 1901 P. L. 431 it was held that an independent appeal did not lie from such an order, for the reason that it is not a definitive decree or judgment: Carter v. Caldwell, 147 Pa. 370; Philadelphia v. Christman, 6 Pa. Superior Ct. 29; Keemer v. Herr, 2 Penny. 175; 12 W. N. C. 90. The rule has not been changed by the act of 1901. Appeals should not be resorted to when the effect is to bring cases into appellate courts by installments ; such a practice is attended with obvious disadvantages and necessarily delays their final disposition.
The appeal is quashed and the record remitted to the court below.