MATTER OF TINSLEY

Bankruptcy No. 75-83-Ath.

421 F.Supp. 1007 (1976)

In the Matter of James N. TINSLEY.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Athens Division.

October 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Noell, Jr., Edward D. Tolley, Cook, Noell, Bates & Warnes, Athens, Ga., for appellants.

Richard M. Nichols, Macon, Ga., for appellee.


OWENS, District Judge:

The question in this bankruptcy appeal is whether under Georgia law a creditor who records an execution on his superior court judgment against the bankrupt after it is affirmed on appeal acquires a lien as of the date of the trial court judgment or as of the date of its filing for recording. The problem arises because section 67(a)(1)1 of the Bankruptcy Act makes "null and void every lien . . . obtained by attachment...

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