Eurostyle, Inc. v. Jones, s. A90A1903
| Decision Date | 05 October 1990 |
| Docket Number | A90A1904,Nos. A90A1903,s. A90A1903 |
| Citation | 197 Ga.App. 188,397 S.E.2d 620 |
| Parties | EUROSTYLE, INC. v. JONES et al.; and vice versa. JONES et al. v. EUROSTYLE, INC. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
George P. Graves, for appellant.
David R. Rogers, for appellees.
Eurostyle, Inc. d/b/a Walther Eurostyle Furnishings (Eurostyle) contracted with the Joneses to install cabinets in the Joneses' home. When the Joneses refused to pay in full because of alleged defects in the cabinets, Eurostyle filed a lien against the Joneses' property on November 14, 1988. On August 14, 1989, Eurostyle commenced an action to enforce the lien; Eurostyle, however, did not file any notice of commencement of suit. The Joneses counterclaimed, seeking damages for slander of title.
The trial court found that Eurostyle's lien was rendered unenforceable by its failure to file a notice of commencement of suit at the time it commenced the action. The trial court, however, granted summary judgment for Eurostyle on the Joneses' slander of title claim. In Case No. A90A1903, Eurostyle appeals from the trial court's dissolution of the lien, and in Case No. A90A1904, the Joneses appeal from the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment for Eurostyle on the slander of title claim. Held:
1. OCGA § 44-14-361.1(a)(3) provides Filing of the notice of commencement of the action is a prerequisite to the enforceability of the lien. Statham Machinery, etc., Co. v. Howard Constr. Co., 160 Ga.App. 466, 287 S.E.2d 249 (1981); D & T Glass v. Barrow Enterprises, 172 Ga.App. 797, 325 S.E.2d 170 (1984). It was undisputed that Eurostyle did not file such a notice, and the trial court properly found the mechanic's lien unenforceable.
2. The trial court granted summary judgment for Eurostyle on the Joneses' claim for slander of title, on the grounds that Eurostyle's filing of the lien and action to enforce the lien were privileged under OCGA § 51-5-8. We agree with that determination.
Judgments affirmed.
I concur in the majority opinion and in the result. However, I must clarify that the language in the materialman's lien statute used to support Eurostyle's argument that no notice need be filed in superior court if the action is also filed in superior court was removed by the amendment to the statute put into effect in 1983. See Ga.L.1983...
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