Where a holder of a special lien satisfies a prior lien for his own protection he may enforce payment of the amount so paid by him as a part of the claim for which his own lien exists.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1700; CL 1887, § 4324; RCivC 1903, § 2020; RC 1919, § 1525; SDC 1939, § 39.0106.