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Cushing v. Cohen

The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in their action seeking the return of money they invested in financial instruments related to three real estate development loans, as the notes at issue were unregistered securities under Georgia law.

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These two cases involve different plaintiffs and opposing trial court rulings but the same defendants and the same three financial instruments. The issue in both appeals is whether these instruments were securities under Georgia law or simply investments in a common venture. The plaintiffs contend that the investments were unregistered securities and that they are entitled to the return of the money they invested. The defendants contend that the investments were simply real estate development loans for which the plaintiffs must bear the loss. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the financial instruments at issue here are securities under the Georgia Securities Act of 1973, OCGA § 10-5-1 et seq.

The plaintiffs in both of these cases sued attorney Charles M. Cushing, Palmetto Capital Corporation, and Mary Alice Ruben, as the executor of James Ruben’s estate, as trustee and beneficiary of the James Ruben Jr. Trust, and individually. They alleged that the financial instruments they purchased that were related to three real estate development loans were unregistered securities, and sought the return of their investments.

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