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the courts.^^ They may be established by special 

 contract, and sometimes possibly by statute, as 

 where the innkeeper is given a lien on the baggage 

 of his gnest. But unless clearly authorized the 

 bailee can have no lien except upon articles direct- 

 ly pertaining to the one matter. Thus, a veterina- 

 rian could have a lien upon the wagon of the bailor 

 for payment of his veterinary bill only by special 

 contract. A veterinarian could hold the horse in 

 his possession for his bill in that case, and proba- 

 bly for his professional bill as a whole, but not 

 for .the use of his pasture by the sheep of the same 

 owner, for that would be a separate account. ' ' It 

 is equally clear, on principle as well as authority, 

 that where there is an entire contract for making 

 or repairing several articles for a gross sum, the 

 tradesman has a lien on any one or more of the 

 articles in his possession, not only for their pro- 

 portionate part of the sum agreed upon for repair- 

 ing the whole, but for such amount as he may be 

 entitled to for labor bestowed upon all the articles 

 embraced in the contract. "^^ This same rule 

 would apply, in the absence of specific contract, 

 for the payment of *'a reasonable amount" for 

 services; and it should be interpreted to include 

 a general account in the same line, as for the vet- 

 erinarian's services. On the other hand, where 

 separate contracts are made, as for the pasturage 

 of a certain number of cattle at a given rate, and 

 another for the feeding of a given number of 

 hogs, it might be held that the lien on the hogs 

 would not cover the account for the cattle. Fur- 

 so Taggard v. Buckmore, 42 sc Heiisel v. Noble, 95 Pa. St. 

 Me. 77. 345. 



