Supreme Court of the United States November 21, 1881, 80 (Mining Co. v. Cullins)

Me. Justice Woods

delivered the opinion of the court.

Cullins-brought suit against the Flagstaff Silver Mining Company of Utah, in a district court of the Territory of Utah, to recover wages alleged to be'due to him from the company for services rendered,’ and to subject its property to a lien therefor which he claimed attached by virtue of the statute of the Territory.