· 11/19/2014
VINEVILLE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC v. McCOOK
Citations
- 329 Ga. App. 790
- 766 S.E.2d 156
How courts have described this case
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- use of word “forever” defined duration of estate and did not evidence intent to create perpetual or indefinite security interest with 20-year reversionary period
- “The construction of a deed presents a question of law[,] which this Court reviews de novo.”
- reversion of title under OCGA § 44-14-80 occurs as a matter of law
- the face of the deed showed that the maturity date or last installment of the debt was not stated or fixed; deed provided only that the debt 3 See United Bank v. West Central Ga. Bank, 275 Ga. App. 418, 419-420 (620 SE2d 654) (2005
- The word “forever” in the habendum clause of a security deed indicated the unlimited duration of the underlying estate and did not constitute for purposes of OCGA § 44-14-80 (a) an affirmative statement that the parties intended the security interest to be perpetual and indefinite.
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Judges: Branch, Barnes, Boggs
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