Prince v. Neal-Millard Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Foreclosure of lien. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. June' 30, 1905. The Neal-Millard Company, a corporation doing business as a materialman, proceeded to foreclose a lien on certain property belonging to E. L. Prince, for material furnished by it and used in building on the lot, which material was furnished upon the contract and employment of one Herb, a contractor employed by the owner and engaged in erecting the improvement. Herb made no defense.
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Foreclosure of lien. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. June' 30, 1905. The Neal-Millard Company, a corporation doing business as a materialman, proceeded to foreclose a lien on certain property belonging to E. L. Prince, for material furnished by it and used in building on the lot, which material was furnished upon the contract and employment of one Herb, a contractor employed by the owner and engaged in erecting the improvement. Herb made no defense. Prince defended on the ground that the contractor abandoned his contract before its completion, leaving the house in an unfinished…
1Opinion of the CourtLuMPKiN, J.
(After stating the facts.) In the civil law certain creditors were declared to be privileged. Among these were persons who had contributed to the preservation, repair, enlargement, or creation of an improvement on land. Domat says: “Architects and other undertakers, workmen, and artificers, who bestow their labor on buildings or other works, and who furnish materials, and in general all those who employ their time, their labor, their care, or furnish any materials, whether it be to make a thing, or-to repair it,, or to preserve it, have the same privilege for their salaries, and for-what…
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