Legal Opinion
Ames v. Jp Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 2016No. S16G1007PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
In 2007, Cindy and David Ames executed a security deed to their residential property in favor of Washington Mutual Bank, F.A. (WaMu). WaMu's receiver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), later assigned the deed to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A (Chase). When Chase initiated a non-judicial foreclosure sale on the property, the Ameses filed lawsuits in state court and then in federal court, alleging among other things that the assignment of the security deed to Chase was invalid.
We granted certiorari to decide whether the Georgia Court of Appeals erred in concluding in…
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