Bryan v. Madison Supply Co.

1. The method of foreclosing a laborer’s lien on personal property is as provided in the Civij Code, § 2816. Among the essentials to such a foreclosure is the requirement .that the person asserting the lien must, by himself, his agent, or attorney, make .affidavit showing all the facts necessary to constitute a lien under the code.

2. Where, in an effort to foreclose, the person asserting the lien procured a justice of the peace to “write out the lien and the affidavit,” and then “signed,” and the justice of the peace “attested” his signature without the administration of any oath, the paper…