Liens of laborers shall arise upon the completion of the contract of labor but shall not exist against bona fide purchasers without notice until they have been reduced to execution and levied on by an officer. Laborers' liens which conflict with each other shall rank according to date, each dating from the completion of the contract of labor.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 4; Code 1873, § 1976; Code 1882, § 1976; Civil Code 1895, § 2794; Civil Code 1910, § 3339; Code 1933, § 67-1803.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, §§ 9, 11, 12, 22, 23, 68-70, 75.
C.J.S.- 53 C.J.S., Liens, §§ 4, 14.
ALR.
- 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; 142 A.L.R. 362.
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.
PART 5 PAWNBROKERS, FACTORS, BAILEES, ACCEPTORS, AND DEPOSITORIES
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Right of a factor, commission merchant, or produce broker to sell property to protect advances, 40 A.L.R. 387.
Other debts or liabilities within contemplation of pledge to secure particular debt and other debts or liabilities to pledgee, 87 A.L.R. 615.
Warehouseman's or bailee's lien on property stored by officer who had seized it under attachment or execution, 95 A.L.R. 1529.