Supreme Court of Georgia May 23, 1896 (Griffith v. Posey)

Bumpkin, Justice.

Tbe question upon wbicb tbis case turns was practically settled in tbe case of Donovan et al. v. Simmons et al., 96 Ga. 340. In that-case, tbis court defined tbe meaning of tbe word “lien” as used in the phrase “who may have ac*476quired a transfer or lien binding the same property,” occumng in the first section of the registry act of 1889 (Acts 1889, p.