All liens which are not regulated and fixed as to rank by this title shall rank according to date, the oldest having priority.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 20; Code 1873, § 1995; Code 1882, § 1995; Civil Code 1895, § 2821; Civil Code 1910, § 3371; Code 1933, § 67-1704.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, §§ 68-70, 75.
C.J.S.- 53 C.J.S., Liens, § 14.
ALR.
- Priority as between liens for public improvements, 5 A.L.R. 1301; 99 A.L.R. 1478.
Character of service contemplated by statutes giving a lien or preference, in event of insolvency, to servants, employees, laborers, etc., 54 A.L.R. 567.
Doctrine of inverse order of alienation as affected by release of part of property covered by mortgage or other lien, 110 A.L.R. 65; 131 A.L.R.4th 108.
State's prerogative right of preference at common law, 167 A.L.R. 640.
Priority as between lien for repairs and the like, and right of seller under conditional sales contract, 36 A.L.R.2d 198.
Priority as between artisan's lien and chattel mortgage, 36 A.L.R.2d 229.
Right of vendee under executory land contract to lien for amount paid on purchase price as against subsequent creditors of or purchasers from vendor, 82 A.L.R.3d 1040.