Legal Opinion
CARRAGHER v. Potts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 3, 2009No. A09A1523PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bernes, Judge.
In this action to set aside an attorney’s lien on real property, attorney Joseph A. Carragher, Jr., appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the property owner, Andrew Potts. The trial court’s decision concluded that the attorney’s lien was unenforceable since it was not timely filed prior to the settlement and dismissal of the underlying action in which the attorney fees had accrued. Because the trial court misapplied the statutory provisions of OCGA § 15-19-14 and conflicting evidence was presented to preclude the entry of summary judgment on Potts’s…
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- Brown v. Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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