Stacie Humble v. Opendoor Property J., LLC

Atlanta, Georgia breach of contract lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant.

Stacie Humble loaned Jackie Patton $10,000 in order to pay a tax bill for property he stood to inherit. The two signed a half-page loan agreement ("agreement") and used a piece of real property as collateral for the loan. Claiming that she owned the property due to Patton's failure to timely repay the loan, Humble later filed a dispossessory action against Patton. Opendoor Property J, LLC, ("Opendoor") intervened in the action after Humble claimed she owned property Opendoor had purchased from Patton. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. The trial court granted Opendoor and Patton's motion for summary judgment and denied Humble's motion. Humble filed this appeal, arguing that the

trial court erred by finding that the agreement was ambiguous, that Patton complied with the agreement and that the transaction constituted a trust or implied trust. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court's denial of summary judgment to Humble and reverse the grant of summary judgment to Patton and Opendoor.



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Humble v. Opendoor Prop. J., A24A0823 (Ga. App. Oct 18, 2024)

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.