Insurance Industry Consultants v. Essex Investments, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11 did not apply to a lawsuit brought by a landlord seeking a declaration of the parties’ rights under a renewal provision in a commercial lease agreement
• holding OCGA § 13-1-11 does not apply where landlord sued to enforce five-year term of lease, and thus no indebtedness involved
• “Under our law, leases can be ‘evidence of indebtedness’ within the meaning of OCGA § 13-1-11.”
• “ ‘[RJenewal’ contemplates the execution of a new contract, whereas ‘extension’ does not. [Cits.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).