Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 6, 1998No. A98A2197PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
On May 12, 1989, appellants John W. Gibson and Paula T. Gibson (“the Gibsons”) refinanced their home located at 2650 Whiteleigh Court in DeKalb County. The Gibsons took out a loan of $129,000 from Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Association and executed a note and security deed in its favor. First Union Mortgage Corporation (“First Union”) is successor to the interest of Decatur Federal by merger.
An independent contractor working for First Union erroneously marked the note “paid in full” and by written correspondence dated September 4, 1994, returned the original note to the…
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- Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. GibsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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