Legal Opinion

Griffin v. Lane

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 10, 1933No. 9238PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.

1. Where several creditors of a common debtor each have, each for himself, taken security deeds on separate and distinct pieces of property (consisting in part of realty and in part personalty), and each creditor has, relatively to the other, the hig'hest lien upon the property title to which has been conveyed to him as security for debt, and taxes thereafter accrue which constitute a lien upon all of the debtor’s property, because such property was assessed and returned en bloc, and there is issued against the debtor a tax execution in personam, which thus binds all his property, the burden…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harry L. Winter Inc. v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  2. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance v. Bank of KestlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  3. Federal Land Bank v. DeLoachSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bibb County v. ElkanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  2. Snyder v. ElkanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  3. Gans v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935

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