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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 19. ATTORNEYS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-19-13. Right to fees in claim cases.

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  1. In claim cases, the attorney causing the levy and prosecuting the rights of the plaintiff in execution shall be entitled to his fees from the proceeds of the property condemned although the holders of older liens may demand and recover the proceeds from the immediate client of the attorney.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1989; Code 1868, § 1979; Code 1873, § 1998; Code 1882, § 1998; Civil Code 1895, § 2824; Civil Code 1910, § 3374; Code 1933, § 9-612.

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Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, page 394; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.