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Call Now: 904-383-7448As a general rule, a party may not hold a lien on his own property; but the owner of property which is subject to a lien created or imposed against the property by another person may protect himself by purchasing the lien and levying it on other property of the person liable to pay the same or holding it as a claim against such person.
(Civil Code 1895, § 3107; Civil Code 1910, § 3683; Code 1933, § 85-711.)
- This Code section is derived from the decisions in Clay v. Banks, 71 Ga. 363 (1883); Georgia Chem. Works v. Chartledge, 77 Ga. 547, 4 Am. St. R. 96 (1886).
- Liens generally, Ch. 14 of this title.
Cited in Bearden v. Carter Merchandise Co., 101 Ga. 169, 28 S.E. 678 (1897); McDuffie v. Merchants Bank, 168 Ga. 231, 147 S.E. 111 (1929); Franklin Mtg. Co. v. McDuffie, 43 Ga. App. 604, 159 S.E. 599 (1931); Edmonds v. Beatie, 62 Ga. App. 246, 8 S.E.2d 559 (1940); Bostwick v. Felder, 73 Ga. App. 118, 35 S.E.2d 783 (1945); Barron Buick, Inc. v. Kennesaw Fin. Co., 105 Ga. App. 451, 124 S.E.2d 918 (1962).
- 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, §§ 89, 90. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, § 10 et seq.
- 31 C.J.S., Estates, § 104 et seq.
- Subrogation of purchaser who discharges superior lien as part of purchase price, as against recorded junior lien, 37 A.L.R. 384; 113 A.L.R. 958.
Requiring security from life tenant for protection of remainderman, 101 A.L.R. 271; 138 A.L.R. 440.
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