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  • Armour v. Holcombe

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler C. Dixon Raiford & Dixon LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas E. Bakatsas, Marietta, and Donald R. Donovan, Douglasville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10F0946

    The Court has not recognized a right to pursue the equitable division of property titled in a person other than one of the spouses, without title to that property first being brought into the estate

  • Templeton v. Howell

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy R. Snell Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams and Allen W. Johnson, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A0910

    Option in the testator's will for the appellant to purchase all or any of the testator's real estate, except for one acre of land upon which his residence was located, was void for lack of a clear a

  • Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Keyingham Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Schneider Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC and James B. McClung Carol Clark Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ezra B. Jones III Pendergast & Jones PC, Atlanta, and David J. Reed, Roswell, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G1783

    The documents, which were satisfactory to the defendant prior to closing, and whose language created an interest in the land or mortgage to be insured, were signed, delivered and recorded, which fu

  • Belans v. Bank of Am. N.A.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Christy and Philip R. Green Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas E. Reilly, Cory S. Menees and Claiborne B. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1502

    The Court affirmed the confirmation of the foreclosure sales of three properties, since the appellee provided sufficient evidence of the true market value of the properties and the sales were proper

  • Bridges v. CB&T Bank of Middle Ga.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George L. Williams Jr., Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chandler W. Riley Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1818

    The bank's attorney submitted a letter to the trial judge, which served as a report of the foreclosure sale and met the notification requirements set forth in O.C.G.A. § 44-1

  • Mosera v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo T. Merolla Merolla & Gold LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kim M. Jackson Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1253

    The defending attorneys exercised their best, informed judgment given the circumstances and, thus, were not liable for malpractice pursuant to the judgmental immunity doc

  • Robinson v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deanna H. Powell and Celeste F. Brewer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan B. Mason Mason Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0929

    A temporary award in a divorce case continues in e until entry of remittitur in the trial court and, from that date on, any permanent award in a final judgment takes e

  • Brock v. Yale Mortgage Corp.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Blanchard, Elizabeth L. Clack-Freeman and Donald L. Swift III Andersen, Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic S. Beloin and James P. Blum Jr. Beloin, Brown, Blum & Baer LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A0950

    Even a bona fide purchaser for value without notice of a forgery cannot acquire good title from a forged deed, since the grantee has no title to c

  • In re Suttle

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaJames E. Spence Jr. Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, placeCityDecaturWilliam L. Skinner, Tucker, and Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
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    Case Number: S10Y1548

    An attorney, who entered an Alford plea to residential mortgage fraud was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat

  • State v. Corhen

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, Patricia A. Hooks and Lenny I. Kirk, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth V. Rogan Ga. Capital Defender's Office, Tawanna L. Payton Public Defender's Office, Dennis C. Francis Jr., John W. Kraus, Manubir S. Arora and Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1600

    The trial court erred in quashing the state's indictment in its entirety, since all counts in the indictment were legally sufficient and any extra language was mere surpl