McElwaine v. Hosey

On the 31st of March, 1891, the appellees, Hosey, Larby, Stroup and Wilson, filed their complaint in the Hamilton Circuit Court, the first three to recover for wages alleged to be due them as drillers of a certain gas well for the contractor, the appellee Holleran, and the last named to recover for alleged services as 'a teamster, in hauling pipe and other material to said well while in the process of construction, and to enforce an alleged laborer’s lien on behalf of all of said plaintiffs, and praying also for the appointment of a receiver.

The appellee Holleran separately answered that on…