Clark v. Mechanics' American Nat. Bank

MUNGER, District Judge.

In a suit to foreclose certain mortgages upon the property of a railway company, the appellant was denied a lien, and appeals from the decree.

Appellant claimed a lien under the provisions of the statute of Arkansas (section 8555 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, 1921) which *590gives to certain mechanics, laborers, and others who furnish labor or supplies in the building or equipment of a railroad a lien upon the railroad for the amount so furnished. It is provided by the next succeeding section of the statutes that—

“The lien mentioned in the preceding section shall not be…