Drake v. Citizens Bank (In Re Corley)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LAMAR W. DAVIS, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
Debtors purchased real property in 2006. To complete the transaction, they borrowed the purchase money from Citizen’s Bank of Effingham (“CBE”), executed a promissory note for the borrowed amount (the “Note”), and executed a deed to secure debt as security for that loan (the “Security Deed”). The Security Deed named Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) 1 as grantee and nominee for CBE and its successors. The Note was transferred multiple times, with different entities taking possession, ownership, and servicing…
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