MOODY v. DUDLEY LUMBER CO. et al

Messrs. Padgett Moorer and R.B. Fulton, for appellant, cite: Lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages: Acts of 1897, 502; Acts 1915, 248; Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703; Same; statute applies only to laborers: 86 F., 192. Attachment statutes to be strictly construed: 110 S.C. 1; 96 S.E., 407; 37 S.C. 87; 32 S.C. 157; 31 S.C. 369; 31 S.C. 307; 6 C.J., 36 and 74. Attachment stands or falls on allegations of affidavit and complaint: 50 S.C. 192; 27 S.E., 631. " Laborer" defined: 156 N.C. 239; 72 S.E., 313; 36 L.R.A. (N.S.), 354; 138 N.C. 304; 50 S.E., 687; 81 N.C. 340; 31 Am. Rep., 503; 15 Ga. App., 706; 84 S.E., 174; 6 Ga. App., 203; 64 S.E., 717; 70 A. S.R., 489; 25 S.E., 403; 92 Ga. 250; 25 S.E., 402. Allegations of affidavit and complaint must be of facts, not conclusions of law: 128 S.E., 503; 126 S.E., 422; 124 S.C. 64; 117 S.E., 200; 123 S.C. 494; 117 S.E., 202; 107 S.C. 441; 93 S.E., 138; 105 S.C. 291; 89 S.E., 659; 25 S.E., 403; 169 N.C. 512; 86 S.E., 184. Old lumber manufacturer's lien: 70 S.C. 271. " Wages" and "commission" defined: Webseter's New International Dictionary. "Salary" defined: 84 S.C. 80; Webster's New International Dictionary. Requirements of affidavit on which to base attachment: 62 S.C. 532; 50 S.C. 192. Court of Common Pleas may dissolve attachment improperly issued by Clerk: 17 S.C. 553. Who may grant attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 501. Discharge of property from attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 516. Right to have illegal attachment dissolved not waived by giving bond or pleading to merits: 17 S.C. 553; 124 U.S. 721; 31 L.Ed., 567. Cause of action and right to attach property separate: 106 S.C. 381. Appeal from order overruling motion to dissolve attachment does not stay proceedings in principal action: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 654; 122 S.E., 498; 16 S.C. 619. Prerequisites to estoppel in pais and burden of proof: 122 S.C. 175; 111 S.C. 57; 107 S.C. 43; 104 S.C. 165; 102 S.C. 371; 97 S.C. 129; 96 S.C. 139; 81 S.C. 331; 67 S.C. 452; 28 S.C. 49; 13 S.C. 369; 86 Am. Dec., 193; 10 R.C.L., 697 and 845. Estoppel may be used as defense only: 272 F., 291; 86 Am. Dec., 193. In general attachment proceedings defendant may move to discharge attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 517. Same; motion must be with notice: 86 S.C. 8. Dismissal of complaint containing statements affirmatively showing absence of cause of action bars another action on same cause: 108 S.C. 258; 90 S.C. 229. Complaint in attachment not part of affidavit unless verified and referred to in affidavit: 62 S.C. 532; 50 S.C. 192. Statutory lien may be verbally waived: 13 S.C. 87. Messrs. R.M. Jefferies and Howell Fishburne, for respondent, cite: Lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703. In construction of statute whole statute to be considered together: Sutherland on Statutory Construction, Sec. 241. Case distinguished: 86 F., 192. Plaintiff is within class of employees covered by Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703: 96 S.E., 407; 76 N.Y., 50; 32 Am. Rep., 262; 75 Wn., 61; 134 P., 676; 47 L.R.A. (N.S.), 765. Cases distinguished: 17 S.C. 581. Circumstances determine term of employment where not named in contract: 117 S.E., 539. " Employee" defined: 58 N.Y., 358; 85 N. Y.S., 839; Ann. Cas., 1917 B., 322; 26 Cyc., 1070. Acts to protect laborers to be liberally construed: 26 Cyc., 1067. "Salary" and "Wages" defined: 132 S.C. 545; 192 S.E., 203; 98 S.C. 418; 82 S.E., 672; Tenn. Ch., 334; Ann. Cas., 1917 B., 523; 126 Cal., 621; 59 P., 116; Rood on Garnishment, Sec. 93; 157 Pa. St., 133; 37 A., 720; 72 S.E., 185; 149 Ky., 712; 149 S.W. 992: 41 L.R.A. (N.S.), 963; 167 Cal., 222; 139 P., 82; 27 Conn., 274; 71 Am. Dec., 63; 20 C.J., 1241; 40 Cyc., 240. How lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages may be enforced: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5704. Same; fees of officers: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5705, Statute determines whether statutory proceeding is action or special proceeding: 115 S.C. 419; 106 S.E., 31; 83 S.C. 395; 67 S.C. 11; 45 S.E., 111; 30 S.C. 262; 20 S.C. 500; 17 S.C. 156; 13 S.C. 403. Summons not necessary to foreclose mechanic's lien: 22 S.C. 534. Mechanic's lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5639-5682. Agricultural lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5692 to 5701. Motion to dissolve attachment provided under agricultural lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5698. Pleading to merits in agricultural lien proceeding and in landlord's lien proceeding waves right to move to dissolve attachments: 115 S.C. 419; 106 S.E., 31; 22 S.C. 534; 13 S.C. 403. Waiver: 114 S.C. 183; 103 S.E., 508. Giving of replevin bond waives right to move to dissolve attachment: 2 R.C.L., 875. Estoppel invoked only to prevent injury: 17 S.C. 553. " Estoppel" defined: 2 Pom. Eq., Remedies, 3rd Ed., Sec. 804. Elements of estoppel: 13 S.C. 355; 137 Va., 34; 120 S.E., 247; 2 Pom. Eq. Remedies, 3rd Ed., Secs. 805 and 812-817; 21 C.J., Estoppel, Sec. 247.