Phillips v. M. O. Mason & Co.

Complainants, being mechanics, worked for M. O Mason & Co., from October 14th, 1869, to December 10th, 1869, on their distillery, and furnished to them, during that time, material with which to repair the same, amounting to $339.35. On the 22d of August, 1870, they filed their attachment bill to enforce their lien as mechanics.

Defendants demurred to the bill, on the ground that at the time the work was done and the material furnished, complainants could acquire no lien except by complying with the provisions of the act of 1868, c. 50, entitled “An act to protect mechanics,” passed on the 25th…