Cherokee Culvert Co. v. Gurin

Shulman, Judge.

On June 21,1977, within three months of the date of delivery of the last item furnished to the contractor, appellant-materialman filed a claim of lien. Since the recorded claim of lien failed to specify the date the claim became due, summary judgment was granted against appellant-materialman. See Code Ann. § 67-2002 (2), as amended (Ga. L. 1977, p. 675, effective March 23, 1977), which, in superseding the pre-existing law, imposed an additional requirement that a valid claim of lien specify "the date said claim was due.” See also Lowe’s of Savannah v. Jarrell, 150 Ga. App. 220…