In re Brunquest
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
[In bankruptcy. In the matter of William Brunquest. Proceeding by Smith & Butler and Simpson & Simpson to establish a statutory lien against the bankrupt estate. The commissioner reported in favor of the claims, and the assignee and certain mortgage creditors excepted to the report.
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, District Judge.
Chapter 154 of the Laws of Wisconsin for 1802 [Sess. Laws, p. 8G] provides, that any person who may perform any labor or services in running, booming or towing any logs or timber in certain counties in this state, shall have a lien upon such logs or timber for the amount due for such labor and services. The second section of the act provides, that no such demand or claim shall remain a lien on any such logs or timber, unless a petition or statement thereof in writing, under oath, shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the proper county,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Eyster v. GaffSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Clifton v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
3Cited by3 opinions
- American Coal Burner Co. v. MerrittCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
- In re Falls City Shirt Mfg. Co.District Court, D. Kentucky · 1899
- In re Kerby-Denis Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1899