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ther, even in the same matter, the lien might not 
cover the entire account, as where a lien is waived 
for accounts to a certain date. (§§ 82, 240.) 
235. Agister’s Lien. Though in common law 
the agister’s lien, strictly considered, is not fav- 
ored, still there are statutes which provide such 
protection for the man who takes stock to pas- 
ture. More frequently we find a recognition of 
the rights of innkeepers and livery men, with more 
consideration for these men in the common law. 
At first glance it might appear strange that such 
a line should be drawn, granting the right of lien 
to the innkeeper and refusing it to the man who 
takes a flock of sheep to pasture, or cattle to feed; 
but the distinction begins in the essential nature 
of the case. The agister deals with men whom he 
knows personally, as a rule, and who reside in 
neighboring places probably. The customers of 
the innkeeper, or the livery man, are frequently 
strangers whose place of residence is often un- 
known by the bailee. If the bailor is permitted to 
put his horse in the stable to be cared for for a 
few days, and then to depart without paying, he 
might very likely get beyond the convenient reach 
of the local law, making the collection difficult for 
the stable keeper. So in the decisions we read 
‘‘The innkeeper is not bound to deliver the horse 
until the owner has defrayed the charge for the 
horse.’’ 37 But the agister’s lien does not exist 
in common law.°8 <A lien for pasturing stock (in 
37In re, The Hostler, Yelv. Cal. 364; Auld v. Travis, 5 
67. Colo. App. 535, 39 Pac. 357; 
38 Hickman y. Thomas, 16 Wills v. Barrister, 36 Vt. 220; 
Ala. 666; Lewis v. Tyler, 23 Tandy v. Elmore-Cooper L. 8. 
