Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Codrington)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 10, 2009No. 19-51785PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION OF DEFENDANT FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO PLAINTIFF
JAMES E. MASSEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue in this adversary proceeding is whether under Georgia law a filed and recorded deed to secure debt that lacks the signature of an unofficial witness on the deed’s signature page provides constructive notice of the grantee’s lien to a bona fide purchaser. If it does not, as the Plaintiff contends, the lien asserted can be set aside under section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code. The facts are not disputed.
In 2006, Denise Codrington, who is the Debtor in this…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gilbert v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- In Re HedrickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. GordonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Gordon v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In re Knight)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2014
- Trauner v. First Tennessee Bank National Ass'n (In re Simpson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2016
- Detention Management, LLC v. UMB Bank, NA (In re Municipal Corrections, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2013
- Bank of Am., N.A. v. Adams (In re Adams)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2018
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