237 Ga. App. 62 - Jones v. Wellon’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Upon all actions for the recovery of real or personal property and upon all judgments or decrees for the recovery of the same, attorneys at law shall have a lien for their fees on the property recovered superior to all liens except liens for taxes, which may be enforced by mortgage and foreclosure by the attorneys at law or their lawful representatives as liens on personal property and real estate are enforced. The property recovered shall remain subject to the liens unless transferred to bona fide purchasers without notice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 300 Ga. App. 735 - CARRAGHER v. Potts

2. “Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. OCGA § 9-11-56 (c). A de novo standard of review applies to an appeal from a grant of summary judgment, and we view the evidence, and all reasonable conclusions and inferences drawn from it, in the light most favorable to the nonmovant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 300 Ga. App. 735 - CARRAGHER v. Potts

3. “in the form of an open account and [is] subject to the statute of limitations of four years, and [if] it remain[s] in the form of an open account for a period exceeding four years it [will] become barred by limitation, and if the debt is barred then the lien is likewise barred ([cit.]). . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hunstein v. Fiksman