Legal Opinion

Fowler v. Essex Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 2, 1986No. 72493PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

On or about March 3, 1982, plaintiff purchased from defendants, who are investment brokers, certain municipal bonds of a principal value of $100,000. The bonds in question were callable on July 1, 1983. On or about January 1, 1984, plaintiff learned that the issuer of the bonds had exercised the callable feature of the bonds on July 1, 1983. No interest was earned on the bonds subsequent to the date of the exercise of the callable feature so that in effect plaintiff’s $100,000 sat idle, earning no interest from the date of the exercise of the callable feature (July…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Burney v. BallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  2. Reinhart v. Rauscher Pierce Securities Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. Hamby v. TruittCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
  4. Shpilberg v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. v. Mid-South Capital, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012

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