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Chapman v. A. H. Averill Machinery Co.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1915PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Lewis County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Suit to foreclose farm laborer’s lien. Judgment for plaintiff. The proceedings are controlled by sec. 5141, Rev. Codes. This statute was construed by the Washington court, in a case on all-fours with the ease at bar, in Mohr v. Clark, 3 Wash.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Lewis County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Suit to foreclose farm laborer’s lien. Judgment for plaintiff. The proceedings are controlled by sec. 5141, Rev. Codes. This statute was construed by the Washington court, in a case on all-fours with the ease at bar, in Mohr v. Clark, 3 Wash. Ter. 440,19 Pac. 28. This case was heard and decided before the statute in Idaho had been passed, and there is no doubt but what our legislature adopted this construction with the statute. (Essency v. Essency, 10 Wash. 375, 38 Pac. 1130.) This…

1Opinion of the CourtMobgan, J.

This action was commenced by respondent to foreclose a farm laborer’s lien which was filed in order to secure compensation for labor performed upon and assistance rendered in harvesting a certain crop of grain in Lewis county. The appellants were made parties defendant to the suit and it was alleged in the complaint that they have, or claim to have, some interest in and to the grain covered by the lien, as mortgagees or otherwise, but that their claims, or interests, are subject, inferior and subordinate to respondent’s claim of lien.

Appellants filed a general demurrer to the complaint, which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strand v. Crooked River Mining & Milling Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Seiders's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  3. Sitton v. DuboisWashington Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Swartz v. DavisIdaho Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Beckstead v. GriffithIdaho Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cook v. MasseyIdaho Supreme Court · 1923
  2. State v. RamirezIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Diamond National Corporation v. Dale Lee, Trustee in BankruptcyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  4. Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. v. PetersonIdaho Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Burlile v. LeithIdaho Supreme Court · 1929

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