Suntrust Bank v. Venable

Thompson, Chief Justice.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this appeal which arises out of a deficiency action brought by appellant SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) as the assignee under a motor vehicle conditional sales contract following its repossession and sale of a motor vehicle purchased by appellee Mattie Venable. The issue to be decided is whether the four-year statute of limitation set forth in OCGA § 11-2-725 (1) applicable to actions on contracts for the sale of goods or the six-year statute of limitation generally applicable to actions on simple written contracts applies to the…