Allen v. Roper
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sevier Circuit court. James S. Steel, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was commenced before a justice of the peace, where a judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed to the circuit court, where plaintiff filed the following amended affidavit which sets out his cause' of action.
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Appeal from Sevier Circuit court. James S. Steel, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was commenced before a justice of the peace, where a judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed to the circuit court, where plaintiff filed the following amended affidavit which sets out his cause' of action. Omitting the caption giving the names of the parties and the court, thé affidavit is as follows: “The plaintiff, George Allen, states that the defendants,'J. J. Roper and the Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, are justly indebted to him in the sum of $60.65 'for logs…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace to enforce a laborer’s lien on logs for work and labor done by plaintiff under contract. The affidavit, we think, sets out substantially all the necessary facts. Klondike Lumber Co. v. Williams, 71 Ark. 334. It alleges that the work was done under one Roper, who had a contract with the lumber and coal company, and that the company had notice that the plaintiff was hauling the logs, and that he had not been paid. If the defendant lumber company had notice that the work was being done by plaintiff,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Klondike Lumber Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Craig Lumber Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1921
- Ruddell v. RevesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920