Legal Opinion

Gearreld v. Woodruff

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 17, 1913No. 4843PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Trover; from city court of Newnan — Judge Post. March 3, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

1. A failure to record a claim of lien for labor done or material furnished in repairing personal property, within ten days from the completion of the labor or the furnishing of the material, is fatal to the maintenance of the lien, where possession of the property is surrendered to the bailor. Mulkey v. Thompson, 3 Ga. App. 522 (60 S. E. 223).

2. The evidence demanded a finding that no claim of lien was recorded, and that possession of the property was surrendered to the owner after the repairs for which the lien was claimed had been made. The evidence further demanded a finding that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Palin v. CookeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Mulkey v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Turner v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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