Harvey v. Beasley

Where an attorney at law is employed to procure a partition of land, and in an action for that purpose recovers a judgment for an undivided interest in the land and a decree for partition, and, after the death of his client intestate subsequently to the judgment, seeks to enforce his lien against the property by a suit at law, such a suit should be brought against the administrator upon the estate of the intestate. Civil Code, §§ 3364 par. 3, 3365, 3281; McCalla v. Nichols, 102 Ga. 28 (28 S. E. 988); Ray v. Hixon, 107 Ga. 768 (33 S. E. 692). An action for such purpose, brought against certain…