Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Brewer

Sognier, Chief Judge.

C. J. Brewer filed suit against Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company to recover fire insurance proceeds for the destruction of a house. The parties filed cross motions for summary judgment, and the trial court granted Brewer’s motion and denied GFBM’s motion. GFBM appeals.

On December 15, 1987, appellee sold a 51 acre tract of land and the residence located on the property to Darrell Northrup and Bonnie Northrup and took back a mortgage in the amount of $91,400. As required by the terms of their deed to secure debt, the Northrups obtained $51,000 in fire insurance…