Van Etten v. Cook
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Conway Circuit Court in chancery. Jordan E. Cravens, Judge. The laborers’ lien law was intended to apply to agricultural laborers. Mansf. Dig., secs. 4425, 4427, 4434. 1 Jones on Liens, sec. 761. With the exception of 50 Ark., 244, when the lien was conceded by counsel, and 51 id., 317, the lien has been applied only in favor of laborers on farms and like work. See also 27 Ark., 564, for definition of a laborer.
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APPEAL from Conway Circuit Court in chancery. Jordan E. Cravens, Judge. The laborers’ lien law was intended to apply to agricultural laborers. Mansf. Dig., secs. 4425, 4427, 4434. 1 Jones on Liens, sec. 761. With the exception of 50 Ark., 244, when the lien was conceded by counsel, and 51 id., 317, the lien has been applied only in favor of laborers on farms and like work. See also 27 Ark., 564, for definition of a laborer. Bony, the superintendent, was not entitled to a lien. 43, Ark., 168; 81 N. C., 340; 31 Am. Rep., 503. Winfield, the-watchman, and the sawdust and splint remover produced?…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
The appellant brought an action in replevin to recover a lot of shingles, held by appellees, Cook as constable and Shelby as sheriff, under writs of attachment levied thereon by them to satisfy the liens of laborers for work performed in making the same.
Appellant afterwards filed a complaint in equity to have it determined who had liens and for what amounts, expressing a willingness to pay all valid and just claims that were liens upon the shingles. He asked for an order for a receiver, and a temporary restraining order to prevent the sale of the shingles till the cause could be heard, which…
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