Section 65-10-112 - Priority of judgments for timbers, work, or damages

No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railway property in this state, which shall be valid and binding against judgments and decrees, and executions therefrom, for timbers furnished and work and labor done on, or for damages done to persons and property in the operation of its railroad in this state.Acts 1877, ch. 12, § 3; 1877, ch. 72, § 3; Shan., § 1530; Code 1932, § 2587; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1021.