Case Name: RIVERS et al. v. WILLIAMS BROTHERS LUMBER CO. et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1932-02-09
Citations: 174 Ga. 262
Docket Number: No. 8428
Parties: RIVERS et al. v. WILLIAMS BROTHERS LUMBER CO. et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 174
Pages: 262–267

Head Matter:
RIVERS et al. v. WILLIAMS BROTHERS LUMBER CO. et al.
No. 8428.
February 9, 1932.
Lawton Nalley, for plaintiffs in error.
Roy 8. Drennan and Louis II. Foster, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, J.
The controlling question in this case, under the facts, is whether Williams Brothers Lumber Company is entitled to have priority over the rights of the laborers' claims. In Bennett Lumber Co. v. Martin, 132 Ga. 491 (64 S. E. 484), this court held: "Where title to real estate is conveyed by a duly recorded deed to secure a debt, and the grantee takes the deed and advances the money loaned without notice and before the record of a materialman's lien upon the property, the title thus acquired is superior to such lien." And see Mitchell v. West End Park Co., 171 Ga. 878 (156 S. E. 888); West Lumber Co. v. McPherson, 173 Ga. 53 (159 S. E. 868). Applying the principle ruled in the foregoing cases, the court below did not err in entering judgment against Mrs.' O. I. Snider, in favor of Williams Brothers Lumber Company and the intervenors, for the amount of their respective claims, and in entering a superior lien in favor of Williams Brothers Lumber Company against the property.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.