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· 12/18/1996

Central Rents, Inc. v. Johnson (In Re Johnson)

Citations

  • 203 B.R. 498
  • 34 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 25
  • 1996 Bankr. LEXIS 1617
  • 1996 WL 733192

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that a month to month \rent-to-own\ contract was not a security interest under Georgia law because the debtor could cancel the lease at any time and because the lease's original term was not greater than the remaining life of the rented items
  • finding a rent-to-own agreement was not a “credit sale” merely because debtor was obligated to pay three months since this minimum payment period did not rise to the level of a penalty under Regulation Z

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Judges: John S. Dalis

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