Ryland v. Betty Joyce Lumber Co.

In the beginning these suits, consolidated for purpose of trial and appeal, involved several conflicting claims, but these have been simplified somewhat by abandonment, so that the only question left to be determined by the court is whether the laborers’ lien on lumber manufactured in a sawmill built and operated on leased premises is superior or inferior to the lessor’s lien and privilege.

Harry Malpass, a resident of Rapides parish, was the owner of a sawmill company in Pineville, La., operated under the name of Betty Joyce Lumber Company. The sawmill and all its equipment, together with the…