Graham v. Gardner

Crow, J.-

This action was commenced by the plaintiff, William Graham, to foreclose an employee’s lien on a certain sawmill. He alleged that the defendants were the owners of the mill, being engaged in operating the same in the manufacture of lumber; that on or about January 8, 1904, the defendant E. A. Gardner entered into a verbal agreement with plaintiff whereby he promised to pay plaintiff $3 per thousand feet board measure for such sawlogs as plaintiff might cut and deliver at the mill, $2 per thousand to be paid when the logs were cut and scaled in the woods, and $1 per thousand when they…