Sheeks-Stephens Store Co. v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District. Allen Hughes, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. James Mulholler rented a farm in Clay County from one McGrew for the year 1901. In February of that year he hired Joseph Carter to assist him in making the crop, agreeing to pay him about $15 per month and board.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District. Allen Hughes, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. James Mulholler rented a farm in Clay County from one McGrew for the year 1901. In February of that year he hired Joseph Carter to assist him in making the crop, agreeing to pay him about $15 per month and board. On March 16, 1901, Mulholler executed a mortgage on the crop to be grown on the land during that year to the Sheeks-Stephens Store Company, of Corning, Arkansas, to secure them for supplies to be furnished to him during that year. This mortgage was recorded on the 6th day of May, following.…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This action was brought by a constable, who had attached cotton, against a mercantile firm to whom, by consent of the parties, he had delivered it for sale, to recover the proceeds of the cotton. The plaintiff in the attachment suit was a laborer who claimed a lien on the cotton. While the action is brought in the name of the constable, it is for the use and benefit of the laborer, and the action is, in effect, a contest between a laborer who claims-a lien on cotton for the price of his labor in producing it and a firm of merchants who claim a lien…
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