Payne v. Trammell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Foreclosure of lien; from city court of Floyd county-—-Judge Nunnally. March 7, 1922.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
Under the general rule that before a laborer’s lien can be foreclosed, it must be shown that the laborer has fully completed the contract (Wall v. Rutherford, 60 Ga. 440; Ballard v. Daniel, 18 Ga. App. 449, 89 S. E. 603; Civil Code (1910), § 3339), a cropper, who under the law has the status of a laborer (Appling v. Odom, 46 Ga. 583; DeLoach v. Delk, 119 Ga. 884, 47 S. E. 204), is ordinarily not entitled to enforce such a lien against his landlord without showing full compliance on his part with the terms of the agreement (Harvey v. Lewis, 19 Ga. App. 655, 91 S. E. 1052), except that such a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Haralson v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Deloach v. DelkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Appling v. OdomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Williams v. MitchemSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
- Lewis v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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