Floyd v. Chess-Carley Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Liens. Laborers. Pleadings. Before Judge Mershon. Clinch Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1885. J. Q. Floyd and N. Skipper each made affidavits to foreclose general laborers’ liens against W. R. Lane.
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Liens. Laborers. Pleadings. Before Judge Mershon. Clinch Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1885. J. Q. Floyd and N. Skipper each made affidavits to foreclose general laborers’ liens against W. R. Lane. Each alleged that he contracted with Lane to labor at the turpentine'distillery of the latter, in Clinch county, for the year 1883, at a price named; that he performed his contract of labor; that a certain amount was due therefor and unpaid; that he demanded payment therefor after it became due, and it was refused; and that he made this affidavit within twelve months after it became due…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
The two cases embracing the same principles will be considered together. The plaintiffs in error foreclosed their liens as laborers. The affidavits of foreclosure were made before the ordinary and were handed to the clerk of the superior court, who issued executions thereon. The contestant moved to dismiss the foreclosure proceeding on several grounds, one of which'was because the same had *754not been marked as filed by the clerk of the superior court, and on this ground alone the court dismissed the same. Plaintiffs excepted, and this is the error assigned.
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