Case Name: IRVINE v. McDOUGALL et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1916-09-05
Citations: 4 Alaska Fed. 430
Docket Number: No. 2730
Parties: IRVINE v. McDOUGALL et al.
Judges: Before GILBERT, ROSS, and HUNT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Alaska Federal Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 430–432

Head Matter:
235 F. 888
IRVINE v. McDOUGALL et al.
No. 2730.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Sept. 5, 1916.
Harry E. Pratt and Louis K. Pratt, both of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Herman Weinberger, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. •
Cecil H. Clegg, of Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellee John A. Healey.
McGowan & Clark, Thomas McGowan, and John A. Clark, all of Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellees Rutherford and Smith, trustees.
Before GILBERT, ROSS, and HUNT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
GILBERT,. Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
We hold that the decree of the court below is erroneous for the reasons': First, the rule-that the right to acquire a lien is personal and not transferable, and is destroyed by assignment, does not apply to an assignment made, as in the-present cáse, for the purpose.of enabling the assignee to maintain a suit. Skyrme v. Occidental Mill Co., 8 Nev. 219; House v. Schulze, 21 Tex.Civ.App. 243, 52 S.W. 654. Second, there was no delivery of the instru ment of assignment to the appellant until after the liens had been filed, and delivery is essential to the completion of an assignment. 5 Corpus Juris, 907; Ritter v. Stevenson, 7 Cal. 388; Leonard v. Adm'r of Kebler, 50 Ohio St. 444, 34 N.E. 659; Govin v. De Miranda, 76 Hun, 414, 27 N.Y.S. 1049; Buehler v. Galt, 35 Ill.App. 225; Tatum v. Ballard, 94 Va. 370, 26 S.E. 871.
The decree is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings, and with instructions to permit the plaintiff to file a supplemental complaint alleging the transfer to him of the lien of King.