Laborers shall have a general lien upon the property of their employers which is liable to levy and sale for their labor, which lien is superior to all other liens except liens for taxes, the special liens of landlords on yearly crops, and such other liens as are declared by law to be superior to them.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 4; Code 1873, § 1974; Code 1882, § 1974; Civil Code 1895, § 2792; Civil Code 1910, § 3334; Code 1933, § 67-1801.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, §§ 25-28, 75.
C.J.S.- 56 C.J.S., Mechanics' Liens, § 98.
ALR.
- Priority as between landlord's lien on chattels and chattel mortgage, 37 A.L.R. 400; 52 A.L.R. 935.
Chattel mortgage on fruit crops growing or to be grown, 54 A.L.R. 1532.
Constitutionality of statute giving a lien for, or preferring claims of employees for, wages in case of insolvency of employer, 94 A.L.R. 1287.
Character of service contemplated by statutes giving a lien or preference, in event of insolvency, to servants, employees, laborers, etc., 111 A.L.R. 1453; 142 A.L.R. 362.
Sufficiency of description of subject of lien in farm laborer's claim of statutory lien, 116 A.L.R. 1009.
Right or interest subject to, and priority of, statutory lien for labor or material in developing property for oil and gas, 122 A.L.R. 1182.
Priority of lien of sales or consumers' tax, 136 A.L.R. 1015.
State's prerogative right of preference at common law, 167 A.L.R. 640.
Validity of statute making private property owner liable to contractor's laborers, materialmen, or subcontractors where owner fails to exact bond or employ other means of securing their payment, 59 A.L.R.2d 885.