LEIDEN v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE

50908.

136 Ga. App. 268 (1975)

220 S.E.2d 716

LEIDEN v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 30, 1975.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leiden & CoCroft, L. Daniel Butler, for appellant.

Lanier, Powell, Cooper & Cooper, Roger W. Dunaway, Jr., for appellee.


WEBB, Judge.

At issue is whether the lien of an attorney under Code § 9-613 for services to his client in collecting insurance proceeds under an automobile casualty policy is superior to the rights of his client's mortgage lienholder to whom loss is payable under a mortgagee clause attached to the policy.

On August 2, 1974, Joseph L. Bright purchased from Duke Buick, Inc. a 1974 Buick automobile, and executed an instalment sales contract to the seller...

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