CARTER-JONES LUMBER CO. v. NORTHWESTERN PA HUMANE SOC.


913 A.2d 1002 (2006)

The CARTER-JONES LUMBER COMPANY, Appellant v. NORTHWESTERN PA HUMANE SOCIETY LGL Animal Care Products, Inc., Appellant v. Humane Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Hutzelman, Erie, for appellant, The Carter-Jones Lumber Company.

Michael A. Agresti, Erie, for appellee, Northwestern PA Humane Society.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEADBETTER.

In these consolidated appeals, the court must decide whether the animal shelter constructed by the Humane Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania (Humane Society)1 serves a purely public purpose, thereby rendering the shelter exempt from mechanics' liens under Section 303(b) of the Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963(Law),2 49 P.S. § 1303(b). The Carter-Jones Lumber Company (Carter-Jones...

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