Arkansas River, Land, Reservoir & Canal Co. v. Flinn

This judgment was taken by default, and the record brought up by the writ contains none of the evidence whereon the decree was entered. From the complaint and the recitals of the decree, it would appear that, during the summer of 1890, Sydney Flinn did work and labor for the Arkansas Land and Canal Company on the canal property proper, and upon certain lands of which it is charged the corporation was the lessee and in possession. The value of the work was about $400. The suit was brought to recover this sum, and evidently to enforce what the plaintiff claimed was a lien against this property.…