Mathews v. Fields
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Money rule; from city court of Swainsboro—Judge H. R. Daniel. August 30, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
1. The general lien of a laborer upon the property of his employer has priority over a mortgage given to secure the purchase-money' on such property. Civil Code (1910), § 3334; Georgia Loan & Bkg. Co. v. Dunlop, 108 Ga. 218 (33 S. E. 882); Bradley v. Cassels, 117 Ga. 517 (43 S. E. 857); Baisden v. Holmes-Hartsfield Co., 4 Ga. App. 122 (60 S. E. 1031).
2. Where, after the foreclosure of such a mortgage and the levy of the execution issued thereon, a laborer’s general lien is foreclosed and execution duly issued thereon and placed m the hands of the levying *226officer for the purpose of claiming…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hargrove v. TurnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Wilson v. McMillanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
- Vale Royal Manufacturing Co. v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Georgia Loan, Savings & Banking Co. v. DunlopSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Bradley v. CasselsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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