Legal Opinion
Anderson Oil Co. v. Benton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 1980No. 36390PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Chief Justice.
The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants, Benton Oil Company, Lerner O. Benton, III, and BOC Oil Company. Plaintiff, Anderson Oil Company, appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Anderson Oil Company, by jury verdict, was granted a judgment against Benton Oil Company for over $15,000 plus interest in November, 1976. That same month, Benton Oil ceased doing business. Its president and majority shareholder, Benton, III, as guarantor, satisfied, and was assigned, two notes of Benton Oil: one, executed in 1970 for $26,000; the other, executed…
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