Legal Opinion

Giles v. Swimmer

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 5, 2012No. S11A1371PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

This case involves an underlying action for quiet title and comes to us from the trial court’s grant of appellee Branch Banking & Trust’s (BB&T) motion for summary judgment. The facts show that in December 1988, William K. Folds executed a promissory note (the “Note”) to Adolph Swimmer for a loan of $128,000. As collateral, two security deeds were executed from Folds to Swimmer for (i) two four-acre tracts of land and (ii) a one-acre tract of land. The deeds were recorded in Towns County in February 1991. Because Folds was president of Inter-American Construction Company…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lau's Corp., Inc. v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. Latson v. BoazSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  3. Campbell v. THE LANDINGS ASS'N, INC.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Harmon v. CunardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by16 opinions

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  3. Inagawa v. Fayette CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Mayfield v. HeimanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Smith v. LottCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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