Kruzel v. Leeds Building Products, Inc.

Carley, Justice.

Leslie Kruzel entered into an alleged oral contract with Civil Structures, Inc. (CSI) for the construction of a house on property that she owned. Ms. Kruzel’s father, Robert Parker, was the president and chief executive officer of CSI. Mr. Parker was also the president of a Florida corporation known as Wildwood Properties, Inc. (Wildwood). Although Wildwood was not licensed as a residential mortgage lender in Georgia, it was named as the grantee in a construction loan deed to secure debt executed by Ms. Kruzel. This security deed was recorded and, a few days later, Wildwood…