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the courts.25 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 guest. 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- 
35 Taggard v. Buckmore, 42 36 Hensel v. Noble, 95 Pa. St. 
Me. 77. 345, 
