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such construction. In addition, when the stock 

 has been left for some special service, as that of a 

 trainer, or of a veterinarian, a lien is frequently- 

 provided for the payment of those services. 

 (§§ 79-83.) 



A lien may be created by contract.^^ A con- 

 tract to pay before moving stock creates a lien.^- 

 Where the contract for the keep of stock creates a 

 lien, it operates on all; not upon a number pro- 

 portional to the amount due.^^ A contracted to 

 care for the cattle of B for five months; the con- 

 tract was canceled in two months by B, who 

 claimed that the cattle were not well kept. It 

 was held by the court that A had a lien only for 

 the payment of the care for the two montlis.^^ 



234. General Liens. A specific lien is recog- 

 nized in cases where the bailee has expended labor 

 and material for the betterment of the thing 

 bailed. The tailor has a lien on the clothes which 

 he made from the cloth left by the bailor, etc. The 

 lien of veterinarians, agisters, blacksmiths, and 

 livery keepers has frequently been recognized 

 either in common law or statutes. In each of these 

 cases the lien attaches to the special item, or items 

 in the possession of the bailee, for that specific 

 account. General liens, that is the holding of any 

 property for the payment of an account not related 

 to the article directly, are not favored in law, and 

 when found they are veiy strictly interpreted by 



31 Cummings v. Harris, 3 Vt. S. W. 1023 ; Yearsley v. Gray, 



244, 23 Am. Dec. 206. 140 Pa. St. 238, 21 Atl. 318; 



82 McCoy V. Hock, 37 la. 436. Hensel v. Noble, 95 Pa. St. 345. 



33 Parse Live Stock Com. Co. 34 Powers v. Potts, 58 Mo. 



V. Adams, 2 Ind. Ter. 119, 48 App. 1. 



