El Paso Cattle Loan Co. of El Paso v. Hunt

The question in this case is whether a person who takes cattle to pasture has a lien on them for the value of the pasturage under the provisions of section 20 of chapter 65, Laws 1917, which is as follows:

“Innkeepers and livery stable keepers, and those -who board others for pay, or furnish feed or shelter for the property and stock of others, shall have a lien on the property and stock of such guest or guests, or of those to whom feed or shelter has been furnished until the same is paid.”

The section was originally enacted in 1884 (Laws 1884, c. 17) in its present form, except that originally…