O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-409 (2019)

Special lien of bailee for hire of labor and service; effect of delivery of a part

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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The bailee for hire of labor and service shall have a special lien for his labor and services upon the thing bailed until he parts with possession; and, if he delivers up a part of the thing bailed, the lien shall attach to the remainder in his possession for the entire claim under the same contract.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2079; Code 1868, § 2074; Code 1873, § 2100; Code 1882,

§ 2100; Civil Code 1895, § 2918; Civil Code 1910, § 3491; Code 1933, § 12-710.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Mechanic who fixes car has exclusive lien against owner. - Where bailor delivers a car to bailee for repairs, when the mechanic begins the repairs and bestows labor thereon, the bailee has a

lien on the car such that its possession of is exclusive even against the owner. Tyner & Blackmon v. Fryer Truck & Tractor Co., 83 Ga. App. 393, 63 S.E.2d 695, 1951 Ga. App. LEXIS 873 (1951).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, §§ 175, 189, 190 et seq. C.J.S. 8 C.J.S., Bailments, § 80 et seq.

ALR. Necessity of notice to consignor to render him liable for demurrage, 32 A.L.R. 642. Bailee’s lien for work on goods as ex-

tending to other goods of the bailor in his possession, 25 A.L.R.2d 1037.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Farm Credit of Nw. Florida v. Easom Peanut Co., 718 S.E.2d 590 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).

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Farm Credit of Nw. Florida v. Easom Peanut Co., 718 S.E.2d 590 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Similarly, OCGA § 44-14-409 provides that, “[t]he bailee for hire of labor and service shall have a special lien for his labor and services upon the thing bailed until he parts with possession.”

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