Carrington v. Citizens' Bank of Waynesboro

Decision Date14 August 1915
Docket Number537.
Citation85 S.E. 1027,144 Ga. 52
PartiesCARRINGTON v. CITIZENS' BANK OF WAYNESBORO.
CourtGeorgia Supreme Court

Syllabus by the Court.

Where land was sold at public sale to be paid for in cash, under a power of attorney in a security deed, and the highest bidder failed to comply with his bid, and the donee of the power gave him written notice of his intention to resell the property on the same day unless he complied with his bid such bidder was liable for the difference between his bid and the amount the property brought at the second sale, although the notice of resale did not expressly state that the second sale would be at his risk. Gay v. Parrish, 138 Ga 399, 75 S.E. 323.

After the property had been sold at the second sale and purchased by the grantee in the security deed, under permission contained in the deed to become a purchaser at the sale, the bidder at the first sale had no right, on tender of his bid several days thereafter, to demand its acceptance and a conveyance of the land to him by the purchaser at the second sale, who was the grantee in the security deed.

A sale under power in a security deed divests the title of the grantor, and he has no legal right several days thereafter on tender of the amount of the debt secured by the deed to the grantee; who is purchaser at the sale, to demand a conveyance of the land or a cancellation of the security deed.

Where a sale of land is made under a power contained in a security deed, and by permission of the grantor contained in the deed the grantee purchases the land at such sale, the grantor cannot defeat the purchaser's right to have the sale fully consummated, by tender of the amount of his...

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  • In re Cook
    • United States
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Northern District of Georgia
    • May 11, 2020
    ...; Rhodes v. Anchor Rode Condominium Homeowner's Assoc., Inc., 270 Ga. 139, 508 S.E.2d 648, 650 (1998) ; Carrington v. Citizens' Bank of Waynesboro, 144 Ga. 52, 85 S.E. 1027 (1915). Debtor raised no issues with respect to the conduct of the underlying foreclosure sale.14 See Butner v. United......
  • Legacy Communities Group Inc. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co..Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. Tampa Inv. Group Inc.
    • United States
    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • July 1, 2011
    ...and, thereby, to defeat the foreclosure purchaser's right to have the sale fully consummated. See also Carrington v. Citizens' Bank of Waynesboro, 144 Ga. 52, 53(4), 85 S.E. 1027 (1915) (“Where a sale of land is made under a power contained in a security deed, and by permission of the grant......
  • Cummings v. Johnson, 21839
    • United States
    • Georgia Supreme Court
    • January 14, 1963
    ...debt divests the grantor of all title, and right of equity of redemption, to the lands described in the deed. Carrington v. Citizens Bank of Waynesboro, 144 Ga. 52(3), 85 S.E. 1027; West Lumber Co. v. Schnuck, 204 Ga. 827(2), 51 S.E.2d 644. 4. 'If, after notice that another has made a contr......
  • In re Williams
    • United States
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Middle District of Georgia
    • September 4, 2008
    ...Rhodes v. Anchor Rode Condominium Homeowner's Assoc., Inc., 270 Ga. 139, 508 S.E.2d 648, 650 (1998); Carrington v. Citizens' Bank of Waynesboro, 144 Ga. 52, 85 S.E. 1027 (1915). The Williams and Defendant disagree on the specific event in the foreclosure process that terminates a debtor's r......
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