Wellman v. Holston Hardwood Co.

This is a writ of error to a judgment for the plaintiff against the defendants for $2,496.04 on a distress warrant asserting a common law lien for labor performed in the manufacture of lumber.

Plaintiff's contract with Holston Hardwood Company was to cut timber, haul it to the mill, manufacture it into lumber, assort the lumber, place it in stacks, and load it on railroad cars for shipment as and when required. The mill was closed down September 12, 1929, by reason of levies under executions in favor of one or more judgment creditors of the Holston Company. (The record does not disclose what…