Harris v. Houston

1. A laborer has a general lien upon the property of his employer, liable to levy and sale, for his unpaid wages. The laborer may enforce such lien on personal property by filing an affidavit in the proper court in the county of the residence of the employer or in the county where such property of the employer is located, setting forth the essential facts necessary to constitute such lien, whereupon an execution shall issue instanter, the same being final process, unless and until arrested or controverted by a proper counter-affidavit. Defendant may give bond and replevy the property, but it…