R. Kinsey Brooks, Susan K. Brooks v. Bank of Geneva

Barnes, Judge.

*649 Case Summary

[1] R. Kinsey and Susan Brooks appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Bank of Geneva ("the Bank") and the denial of their motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

Issue

[2] The Brookses raise three issues. We need address only one dispositive issue: whether the Brookses were released from a mortgage obligation to the Bank when the terms of the third-party debt the mortgage secured were altered.

Facts

[3] On August 15, 2013, dairy farmers Matthew and Ginger Summersett executed a promissory note to borrow $398,000.00 from the Bank.…