Brazier Forest Products, Inc. v. Northern Transport, Inc.

(concurring in part; dissenting in part) — I agree that logger's liens and stumpage liens have priority over a security interest arising under the Uniform Commercial Code. However, I do not agree that entities, other than individuals who actually perform physical labor, may claim logger's liens under RCW 60.24.020, and I dissent to that section of the majority opinion.

The majority overrules Campbell v. Sterling Mfg. Co., 11 Wash. 204, 39 P. 451 (1895), in which this court held that a person who employs others to work on logs or other timber but does not perform the labor himself may not claim…