Shelton v. Little Rock Auto Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; C. T. Gotham, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, being the owner of the automobile and equipments in controversy, sold them to one C. O. Steele, and for the purchase price thereof accepted two promissory notes from Steele in the following form for $800 each, respectively: “Little Rock, Ark., April 22, 1909. “Three months after date, I hereby promise to pay to the Little Rock Auto Company three hundred dollars in part payment for…
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; C. T. Gotham, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, being the owner of the automobile and equipments in controversy, sold them to one C. O. Steele, and for the purchase price thereof accepted two promissory notes from Steele in the following form for $800 each, respectively: “Little Rock, Ark., April 22, 1909. “Three months after date, I hereby promise to pay to the Little Rock Auto Company three hundred dollars in part payment for one 1908 Regal Automobile, this note to bear interest at the rate of eight per cent, from date. It is expressly…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Section 1 of an act approved April 15, 1903, is as follows:
“Blacksmiths and wheelwrights who perform work or labor for any person, if unpaid for the same, shall have an absolute lien on the product of their labor and upon all wagons, carriages, farm implements and other articles repaired by them, for such work or labor and for all materials furnished by them and used in such product or repairs.”
Section 2 provides: “Any person having a lien under this act, and desiring to avail himself of its provisions, shall, within thirty days after such work or labor is…
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