Court Opinion

ID: 9623568
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Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:36:51.083385+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:05:31.172514
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*947Carley, Judge,
concurring specially.
I agree with the majority that the jury was authorized to find from the evidence that the claim of lien was filed within three months of the date of the completion of the work under the contract. However, I do not believe that the language from Levy v. G. E. C. Corp., 117 Ga. App. 673, 677 (161 SE2d 339) (1968) quoted by the majority is applicable to this case. The majority quotes Levy as follows: “ ‘Neither the beginning nor the ending of construction controls the time when the claim of lien for furnishing [labor and materials] for the improvement of... real estate must be filed.’ Levy v. G. E. C. Corp., [supra]” Levy did not involve the furnishing of labor or materials but rather dealt with a claim of lien filed in connection with the furnishing of architectural plans to be used in the construction of certain improvements. In finding that the claim was not timely filed, this court rejected the plaintiff-architect’s contention that “[s]ince the defendants did not begin construction on their improvement, and thus did not begin the use of the plans for that purpose until about the first of May, 1967, the filing of the claim was in ample time.” It is in connection with that set of factual circumstances that this court went on to hold that “[n] either the beginning nor the ending of construction controls the time when the claim of lien for furnishing plans for the improvement of the real estate must be filed.” (Emphasis supplied.) Levy v. G. E. C. Corp., supra, 677. Thus, in a case such as the one at bar, involving the furnishing of labor and materials, the date of completion of the construction under the contract is important and, I submit, Levy has no application.