Koch v. Rice

This suit was instituted under the provisions of §§ 67-601 to 67-607, inclusive, O.C.L.A., to foreclose an asserted lien for labor, skill and materials expended upon a chattel.

Defendant was owner of a tractor described as a 1937 D6 caterpillar. It had originally been equipped with a “bulldozer” blade, which is a steel blade affixed to the front of a tractor by heavy steel arms, and is used principally in moving earth in grading operations and the like. The blade is raised and lowered by a power control unit, usually installed on the rear end of the tractor. Prom defendant’s tractor the…