Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stefanie H. Jackman, Christopher J. Willis, Sarah T. Reise Ballard Spahr LLP, Atlanta, George H. Carley Carley, Gregory & Gregory, Decatur, Hardy Gregory Jr., Antoinette D. Gregory Carley, Gregory & Gregory, Cordele, and Gary C. Tepper Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for appellant.
for defendant: James W. Davis James W. Davis & Associates, and Edward S. Sell III Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for appellees.
Case Number: S12G2011
Under both federal and state law, the merger of two banks does not affect any claim or action pending by or against them, since, when cor ons merge, state law provides that the title to each co