Kent v. Muscatine, North & South Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. W. F. Bean-nan, Judge. Suit in equity to establish and enforce laborers’ liens on a tax voted in aid of the defendant railway company. The trial court granted the relief prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 *3852 *384The latter part of section 2091 of the Code reads as follows: “Laborers shall have a lien upon any tax voted in aid of a railway company for the amount due them for labor performed in the construction of said railroad.” From an opinion filed by the learned trial judge-we extract the following statement of facts material-to the questions presented on this appeal: “Labor was performed by certain persons in the construction of the railway of said defendant. Time checks were issued to these laborers by the foreman of the particular work on which they were employed, and which represented the…
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