Langston & Crane v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Liens. Mortgages. Before Judge Stewart. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1882. Langston & Crane foreclosed a chattel mortgage against Elliott on a stock of goods in Newton county. The property was sold and the fund brought into court for distribution. Richardson and others foreclosed laborers liens against Elliott and claimed the fund.
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Liens. Mortgages. Before Judge Stewart. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1882. Langston & Crane foreclosed a chattel mortgage against Elliott on a stock of goods in Newton county. The property was sold and the fund brought into court for distribution. Richardson and others foreclosed laborers liens against Elliott and claimed the fund. Their affidavits to foreclose these liens were substantially similar, and each alleged, in effect, that Elliott wás indebted to the depo.nent a stated amount “for services rendered to said Elliott in his store as clerk, laborer and general service in said…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
1. The law governing this case, as. to the rights of the defendants in error as laborers, was decided when it was before us at the last term. The affidavits set forth the grounds upon which the plaintiffs in fi. fa. below relied to establish their liens on the fund in the sheriff’s hands. Upon the trial of the traverse made by the counter affidavit, the testimony did not' materially vary the facts upon which this court made its ruling on the rights of the *67■parties, and a majority of the bench still ádhering to that judgment, settles the question in favor of the defendants…
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