54 Iowa 81 | Iowa | 1880
II. It is claimed, however, that if no execution can be issued against he'property of the defendant, still a judgment may be rendered, to be enforced in the usual way by the levy of a tax for its satisfaction. But the lien of the mechanic is purely a creature of statute. It has been uniformly held by this court that it can be enforced only in the manner prescribed by the statute. This claim was made in Loring & Co. v. Small, Tubbs et al., supra, and in Benton v. Board of Supervisors of McDonough County (Cent. Law Jour., Vol. 5, pp. 105-8), and it was in both cases held that it could not be allowed. We see no reason for departing from our former decision on this question.
Reversed.