Court of Appeals of Georgia March 30, 1908, 861 (Baisden & Co. v. Holmes-Hartsfield Co.)

Hill, C. J.

A laborer’s lien has priority of a mortgage given to secure the payment of purchase-money; and this is true even though the mortgage has been foreclosed and levy of the mortgage fi. fa. is made *123before the laborer’s lien is foreclosed. Civil Code, §§2792, 2793; Bradley v. Cassels, 117 Ga. 517 (43 S. E. 857) ; Georgia Loan Co. v. Dunlop, 108 Ga. 218 (33 S. E. 882).