Cluff v. Merchants & Mechanics Bank

Jenkins, R. J.

1. While ordinarily, before a laborer’s lien can be foreclosed, the laborer must have fully completed the contract, yet where he is prevented from doing so by the other party to the contract the actual completion of the contract is not necessary. Ballard v. Daniel, 18 Ga. App. 449 (89 S. E. 603); Payne v. Trammell, 29 Ga. App. 475 (115 S. E. 923). Thus, where before the end of the year for which a farm laborer was -employed, but after the maturity of the crops, the landlord turned the crops over to a third person, his creditor, to be gathered by that person, it was not necessary…