Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Shiver
Supreme Court of Georgia
Foreclosure of lien. Before Judge Littlejohn. City court of Americus. January 5, 1905. Shiver brought suit against Ansley and the Central of Georgia Baílway Company, and alleged: Petitioner, as a materialman, furnished material for the erection of a warehouse, amounting to $1,-216.59, to Ansley, who, as a tenant of the railway company, was erecting the warehouse on land owned by it; and furnished further material, in the same transaction, amounting to $53.47. Petitioner…
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Foreclosure of lien. Before Judge Littlejohn. City court of Americus. January 5, 1905. Shiver brought suit against Ansley and the Central of Georgia Baílway Company, and alleged: Petitioner, as a materialman, furnished material for the erection of a warehouse, amounting to $1,-216.59, to Ansley, who, as a tenant of the railway company, was erecting the warehouse on land owned by it; and furnished further material, in the same transaction, amounting to $53.47. Petitioner filed his claims of lien against the railway company as required by the statute, and brought suit to foreclose the same…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The Civil Code, §2801, par. 2, as amende'd by the act of 1899, provides: “When work. done or material furnished for the improvement of real estate is done or may be furnished upon the employment of a contractor, or some other person than the owner, then and in that case the lien given by this section shall attach upon the real estate improved, as against such true owner, for the amount of the work done, or material furnished, unless such true owner shows that such lien has been waived in writing, or produces the sworn statement of the contractor, or other…
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