Legal Opinion

Thornton v. Kumar

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 18, 1999No. A99A1248PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Bob and Patricia Thornton sued Surender Kumar and Barry Gibbs to recover earnest money paid to Kumar and Gibbs as sellers in a real estate contract with the Thorntons. Kumar and Gibbs refused to return the earnest money, maintaining that the Thorntons failed to provide notice of termination as required by the contract. When all parties (except Gibbs) moved for summary judgment, the trial court granted Kumar’s motion and denied the Thorntons’, which ruling the Thorntons appeal. Because the Thorntons terminated the agreement without proper notice and breached the contract, we…

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