Smith v. Clerk of Superior Court

The determinative facts in the instant case are not in dispute. The Harris judgment established a lien against the real estate and the improvements thereon as of 22 May 1965, the date the materials were first furnished. The Air Control judgment, likewise, established a lien against the real estate and the improvements thereon as of 6 July 1965, the date it first furnished materials. By virtue of the statutory provisions permitting such liens to date back to the time materials were first furnished for these improvements, both of the judgments predated the deed of trust, which established a…