Case Name: Strohecker vs. Irwin et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1886
Citations: 1 Ga. L. Rep. 458
Docket Number: 
Parties: Strohecker vs. Irwin et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 458–458

Head Matter:
Strohecker vs. Irwin et al.
•Claim, from Bibb. Attorney and Client. Homestead. (Before Judge Simmons.)
Gustin & Hall, for plaintiff in error.
No appearance for defendant.

Opinion:
Blandford, J.
The lien of an attorney for services in successfully resisting a levy on a homestead, and obtaining it to be set apart as an exemption, is in the nature of labor done on the homestead and of purchase money thereof, and the homestead property is subject thereto.
Judgment reversed.