RICHARDSON v. WALDEN

Andrews Peach and Clopper Almon, all of Sheffield, for appellants. Under the statute, no lien can be created without a contract with the owner or proprietor, or his agent or trustee. Hence, if a minor cannot make a valid contract, the minor cannot fasten a lien on his property. Code 1907, § 4754. Wm. Milliken, of Florence, for appellees. The lien is the creation of law, not of contract. A proceeding for the purpose of fastening a lien does not contemplate a personal judgment, but a charge against the property. The law makes binding in such cases decrees against the property of minors. A void contract will not avail, but a minor's contract is not ipso facto void. Crawford v. Sterling, 155 Ala. 511, 46 So. 849; King v. Woodlawn Lbr. Co., 201 Ala. 539, 78 So. 893; Porter v. Miles, 67 Ala. 130; Code 1907, §§ 4768, 4782.