Legal Opinion
General Electric Credit Corp. v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1978No. 33703PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
We granted certiorari in Brooks v. General Elec. Credit Corp. of Ga., 145 Ga. App. 407 (243 SE2d 635) (1978), to decide whether failure to meet the exact statutory requirements of Code Ann. § 20-506 (c) results in the disallowance of attorney fees incurred in connection with the collection of a written promise to pay with provisions therefor.
The respondent, Charles C. Brooks, brought an action to recover attorney fees paid under protest to petitioner, General Electric Credit Corporation of Georgia, which arose in connection with the collection of an indebtedness, evidenced by…
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