Legal Opinion

Rapps v. Cooke

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 4, 2000No. A00A1006PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

Betsy Luise Rapps and her husband, Richard Rapps, purchased a home from James and Ellen Cooke and executed a promissory note and a deed to secure debt in favor of the Cookes. After the Rappses defaulted on the debt, the Cookes foreclosed on the property. Betsy Rapps then sued the Cookes for, among other things, wrongful foreclosure. The trial court granted the Cookes’ motion for summary judgment, and Rapps appeals. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to Rapps, 2 the record reveals that the Rappses purchased the house in November 1994 and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. FreedmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  2. Gordon v. South Central Farm Credit, ACACourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  3. Phillips v. Atlantic Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Boyles v. SteineSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. Rapps v. CookeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Heritage Creek Development Corp. v. Colonial BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  2. Wilson v. Mountain Valley Community BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. Daniel W. Wilson v. Mountain Valley Community BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Laforest v. BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANYUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2019
  5. Little Sky, Inc. v. RybkaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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