Messrs. Padgett Moorer and R.B. Fulton , for appellant, cite: Lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages:
Acts of 1897, 502; Acts 1915, 248; Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703; Same; statute applies only to laborers: 86 F., 192. Attachment statutes to be strictly construed: 110 S.C. 1 ; 96 S.E., 407 ; 37 S.C. 87 ; 32 S.C. 157 ; 31 S.C. 369 ; 31 S.C. 307 ; 6 C.J., 36 and 74. Attachment stands or falls on allegations of affidavit and complaint: 50 S.C. 192 ; 27 S.E., 631 . " Laborer" defined: 156 N.C. 239 ; 72 S.E., 313 ; 36 L.R.A. (N.S.), 354; 138 N.C. 304 ; 50 S.E., 687 ; 81 N.C. 340 ; 31 Am. Rep., 503; 15 Ga. App., 706 ; 84 S.E., 174 ; 6 Ga. App., 203 ; 64 S.E., 717 ; 70 A.
S.R., 489; 25 S.E., 403; 92 Ga. 250 ; 25 S.E., 402 . Allegations of affidavit and complaint must be of facts, not conclusions of law: 128 S.E., 503 ; 126 S.E., 422; 124 S.C. 64 ; 117 S.E., 200 ; 123 S.C. 494 ; 117 S.E., 202 ; 107 S.C. 441 ; 93 S.E., 138 ; 105 S.C. 291 ; 89 S.E., 659 ; 25 S.E., 403; 169 N.C. 512 ; 86 S.E., 184 . Old lumber manufacturer's lien: 70 S.C. 271 . " Wages" and "commission" defined: Webseter's New International Dictionary. "Salary" defined: 84 S.C. 80 ; Webster's New International Dictionary. Requirements of affidavit on which to base attachment: 62 S.C. 532 ; 50 S.C. 192 . Court of Common Pleas may dissolve attachment improperly issued by Clerk: 17 S.C. 553 . Who may grant attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 501. Discharge of property from attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 516. Right to have illegal attachment dissolved not waived by giving bond or pleading to merits: 17 S.C. 553 ; 124 U.S. 721 ; 31 L.Ed., 567 . Cause of action and right to attach property separate: 106 S.C. 381 . Appeal from order overruling motion to dissolve attachment does not stay proceedings in principal action: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 654; 122 S.E., 498 ; 16 S.C. 619 . Prerequisites to estoppel in pais and burden of proof: 122 S.C. 175 ; 111 S.C. 57 ; 107 S.C. 43 ; 104 S.C. 165 ; 102 S.C. 371 ; 97 S.C. 129 ; 96 S.C. 139 ; 81 S.C. 331 ; 67 S.C. 452 ; 28 S.C. 49 ; 13 S.C. 369 ; 86 Am. Dec., 193; 10 R.C.L., 697 and 845. Estoppel may be used as defense only: 272 F., 291; 86 Am. Dec., 193. In general attachment proceedings defendant may move to discharge attachment: Code Civ. Pro., 1922, Sec. 517. Same; motion must be with notice: 86 S.C. 8 . Dismissal of complaint containing statements affirmatively showing absence of cause of action bars another action on same cause: 108 S.C. 258 ; 90 S.C. 229 . Complaint in attachment not part of affidavit unless verified and referred to in affidavit: .
Messrs. R.M. Jefferies and Howell Fishburne , for respondent, cite: Lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703. In construction of statute whole statute to be considered together: Sutherland on Statutory Construction, Sec. 241. Case distinguished:
86 F., 192. Plaintiff is within class of employees covered by
Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5703: 96 S.E., 407 ; 76 N.Y., 50 ; 32 Am. Rep., 262; 75 Wn., 61 ; 134 P., 676 ; 47 L.R.A. (N.S.), 765. Cases distinguished: 17 S.C. 581 . Circumstances determine term of employment where not named in contract: 117 S.E., 539 . " Employee" defined: 58 N.Y., 358 ; 85 N. Y.S., 839; Ann. Cas., 1917 B., 322; 26 Cyc., 1070. Acts to protect laborers to be liberally construed: 26 Cyc., 1067. "Salary" and "Wages" defined: 132 S.C. 545 ; 192 S.E., 203 ; 98 S.C. 418 ; 82 S.E., 672 ; Tenn. Ch., 334; Ann. Cas., 1917 B., 523; 126 Cal., 621 ; 59 P., 116 ; Rood on Garnishment, Sec. 93; 157 Pa. St., 133; 37 A., 720; 72 S.E., 185; 149 Ky., 712 ; 149 S.W. 992 : 41 L.R.A. (N.S.), 963; 167 Cal., 222 ; 139 P., 82 ; 27 Conn., 274 ; 71 Am. Dec., 63; 20 C.J., 1241; 40 Cyc., 240. How lien of employees in factories, etc., for wages may be enforced: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5704. Same; fees of officers: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5705, Statute determines whether statutory proceeding is action or special proceeding: 115 S.C. 419 ; 106 S.E., 31 ; 83 S.C. 395 ; 67 S.C. 11 ; 45 S.E., 111 ; 30 S.C. 262 ; 20 S.C. 500 ; 17 S.C. 156 ; 13 S.C. 403 . Summons not necessary to foreclose mechanic's lien: 22 S.C. 534 . Mechanic's lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5639-5682. Agricultural lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5692 to 5701. Motion to dissolve attachment provided under agricultural lien statute: Civ. Code, 1922, Sec. 5698. Pleading to merits in agricultural lien proceeding and in landlord's lien proceeding waves right to move to dissolve attachments:
2 R.C.L., 875. Estoppel invoked only to prevent injury: 17 S.C. 553 . " Estoppel" defined: 2 Pom. Eq., Remedies, 3rd Ed., Sec. 804. Elements of estoppel: 13 S.C. 355 ; 137 Va., 34 ; 120 S.E., 247 ; 2 Pom. Eq. Remedies, 3rd Ed., Secs. 805 and 812-817; 21 C.J., Estoppel, Sec. 247.