Beckstead v. Griffith

Citations

• 11 Idaho 738
• 83 P. 764
• 1906 Ida. LEXIS 3

Syllabus

<p>Farm Laborers’ Lien — Sufficiency of Description — Demurrer Overruled When — Officer Justifying Levy of Attachment Must Allege Jurisdictional Facts — What are Jurisdictional Facts.</p> <p>1. Anyone performing labor or rendering service in the production of a crop may have a lien for Ms labor and services on tbe entire crop produced.</p> <p>2. A description in the lien that it is intended to cover the entire crop of hay produced for the year is not void for uncertainty.</p> <p>3. A complaint that alleges that plaintiff and his assignors performed labor and rendered services in the production of seven stacks of hay on a ranch, describing it, is not subject to a general demurrer that the complaint “does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action,’’ even though the lien includes other hay raised on the same premises and harvested and stacked by others under a different contract.</p> <p>4. An officer to justify his seizure by virtue of a writ of attachment and his possession thereunder must allege all the jurisdictional faets by which he justifies his right of possession.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>