Jones v. Newsome

1. The proprietor of a sawmill who contracts to saw timber and to furnish for that purpose a mill and a fireman at a stipulated price per day, such price to cover the rent of the mill as well as his own labor and the labor of the fireman, does not acquire, and can not foreclose, a lien for the price thus contracted for, under sections 3357, 3334, and 3535 of the Civil Code (1910), providing for laborers’ liens. Evans v. Beddingfield, 106 Ga. 755 (32 S. E. 664).

2. In order for the proprietor of a sawmill to acquire a lien upon the lumber sawed by his mill under a contract with the owner of the…