Rule v. Automatic News Distributing Co.

Jones, E. H., J.

The question this court is called upon to decide pertains to the validity of a mechanic’s lien held and sought to be enforced herein by The E. A. Kinsey Company. The claim secured by the lien amounts to about $972, with interest, which sum represents the value of two machines furnished by The E. A. Kinsey Company to The Automatic News Distributing Company, for which a receiver was appointed after the purchase of the machines.

It appears that the machinery in question has been sold by the receiver, and the proceeds are held under stipulation, subject to the determination of *451the…