Allred v. Haile
Supreme Court of Georgia
Money rule. Liens. Laborers. Mortgages. Actions. Practice. Before Judge Bower. Decatur superior court. May adjourned term, 1889. Property real and personal of Albert Haile was sold by the sheriff, and the fund arising from the sale was claimed by W. A. Allred, J. G. Poore and J. Steininger & Co. The two latter held mortgages, covering the property sold, given by Haile, and of older date than the contract of labor upon which Allred foreclosed his general laborer’s lien…
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Money rule. Liens. Laborers. Mortgages. Actions. Practice. Before Judge Bower. Decatur superior court. May adjourned term, 1889. Property real and personal of Albert Haile was sold by the sheriff, and the fund arising from the sale was claimed by W. A. Allred, J. G. Poore and J. Steininger & Co. The two latter held mortgages, covering the property sold, given by Haile, and of older date than the contract of labor upon which Allred foreclosed his general laborer’s lien against Haile. This laborer’s lien was foreclosed and levied upon the property before it was sold by the sheriff. It was a…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. Whilst the general lien of laborers rested on the . act of 1869, a summary foreclosure in the method applicable to steamboat liens could be had, it would seem, as to both realty and personalty. Stonewall, etc. Ass’n v. McGruder, 43 Ga. 9; Tarver v. Fleming, 53 Ga. 297. But this was changed as to realty by the act of 1873. According to that act (Code, §1990), *572liens on real property, not mortgages and as to which some other mode is not prescribed, are to be foreclosed by suit brought within twelve months. This provision has been construed in Snow v. Council, 65 Ga.…
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