Flournoy v. Shelton & Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hon. M. T. Sanders, Circuit Judge. In Daño v. M. & L. R. R. R., 27 Ark., 564, there was an attempt to construe the laborer’s lien law of 23d of July, 1868. In that decision, the court seems to have adopted Mr. Webster’s definition, which says : “ A laborer is one who labors in a toilsome occupation, a man who does work that requires but little skill, as distinguished from an artisan.”
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APPEAL from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hon. M. T. Sanders, Circuit Judge. In Daño v. M. & L. R. R. R., 27 Ark., 564, there was an attempt to construe the laborer’s lien law of 23d of July, 1868. In that decision, the court seems to have adopted Mr. Webster’s definition, which says : “ A laborer is one who labors in a toilsome occupation, a man who does work that requires but little skill, as distinguished from an artisan.” The plaintiff in his complaint describes the work and labor by him performed, and says he plowed some, hoed some, and fixed plows and hoes, and did work and labor all over…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
These were actions by overseers or managers of plantations to enforce laborer’s liens for their wages. The defendants in bolh cases were A. G. Shelton & Co., the plaintiff’s employers, and Estes, Doan & Co., the purchasers of the crops. Estes, Doan & Co., demurrered to the complaint because the services rendered were not such as are contemplated by the statutue, giving laborers a lien upon he production of their labor; and,
2. The contracts upon which the labor was performed were for a longer period than one month and the same were not acknowledged and filed as required by law. The demurrers…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitaker v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
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