HARTLEY CONSTR. CO. v. LIBERTY LIFE INS. CO.

76578.

187 Ga. App. 849 (1988)

371 S.E.2d 657

THOMAS B. HARTLEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Courtney LaFon, Beverly J. Hall, for appellant.

John A. Howard, for appellee.


BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant corporation sued to recover a $37,000 earnest money payment it had made to the appellee contemporaneously with the execution of a real estate sale contract. The appellee had declined to return any portion of the payment (which represented approximately 10 percent of the $373,500 sale price specified in the contract) in reliance upon the following contractual provision: "In the event buyer elects not to close this contract on or...

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