Supreme Court of Georgia, 1886

Strohecker v. Irwin

Strohecker v. Irwin
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 1, 1886 · Blandford
1 Ga. L. Rep. 458
Strohecker v. Irwin

Opinion of the Court

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.

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