Hornsby v. Hunter

Phipps, Judge.

Attorney Robert W. Hunter III brought an action to foreclose an attorney’s statutory lien on real property owned by Walter S. Hornsby III and his sister, Willena Hornsby Butler (collectively the Hornsbys). Because the Hornsbys had extended an option to Southeastern Family Homes, Inc. to develop the land, Hunter named the Hornsbys and Southeastern as defendants. At the close of evidence at the jury trial, the Hornsbys and Southeastern moved for directed verdicts on several grounds. The trial court denied their motions and submitted the case to the jury, which returned a verdict…