Helmer, Bros. v. Hastings

General Hastings filed his petition with a justice of the peace, alleging that he had a laborer’s lien on certain lumber in the sum- of seventy-one dollars and thirteen cents, due and owing to him by Helmer Bros.; Helmer Bros, being composed of Boss, Bussell, and Eugene Helmer. The affidavit declared that he had a lien on the lumber described, and a writ of seizure was issued by the justice of the peace, directing the proper officer to seize the lumber and summon the Helmers, naming each of them,, on a day named in the writ, to appear in that court, and the return of the sheriff was that the…