Savnnah Bank & Trust Company v. Great American Indemnity Co.

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant filed a complaint in which it set forth two separate and independent claims: first, a claim against the Jerome Construction Co., Inc., (Jerome of Georgia) for the amounts allegedly due on three promissory notes; and second, a claim to a paramount lien on personal property seized under a writ of attachment in an action by the defendant-appellee against the Jerome Construction Co., Inc., (Jerome of Puerto Rico). Jerome of Georgia voluntarily appeared in the action and filed an answer in which it admitted liability on the note and consented to the…