Albany Loan & Finance Co. v. Tift

160 S.E. 661, 43 Ga. App. 789, 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 563

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: April 20, 1931
• Docket: 20831
• Status: Published

Opinions

Jenkins, P. J.

1. An instrument in the form of a bill of sale may be so worded as to secure a present, past, or future indebtedness; that is, any or all of such indebtedness. Leffler Co. v. Lane, 146 Ga. 741 (92 S. E. 214); Skinner v. Elliott, 17 Ga. App. 511 (85 S. E. 759); Troup Co. v. Speer, 23 Ga. App. 750 (2) (99 S. E. 541). The notice under such a recorded lien does not appear to be limited to transactions inter partes (Bank of Cedartown v. Holloway-Smith Co., 146 Ga. 700, 92 S. E. 213), the rule with regard to third persons being that the lien for future advances must be indicated in the security deed or bill of sale, unless the instrument be in the form of an absolute conveyance, as distinguished from a sale as security for a debt. Hester v. Gairdner, 128 Ga. 531 (58 S. E. 165) ; Troup Co. v. Speer, supra.

2. A contract may be renewed between the same parties, as to the same subject-matter and upon the same consideration, without working a novation. Civil Code (1910), § 4226. In order that the taking of a new note and a new lien to secure it, between the same parties, will operate to discharge or displace the pre-existing lien, it is essential that the new lien embrace different property, or that it be based upon a new and distinct consideration. Farkas v. Third National Bank, 133 Ga. 755, 756 (66 S. E. 926, 26 L. R. A. (N. S.) 496) ; Foy-Adams Co. v. Smith, 19 Ga. App. 172 (91 S. E. 242) ; 41 C. J. 582, § 546.

Decided April 20, 1931. Rehearing denied September 18, 1931. 8. B. Lippitt, for plaintiff. Bonnet & Peacock, L. A. Peacock, for defendants.

3. In the instant case, the renewal contract, between the same parties embraced the same security, and did not embody a new consideration, for the reason that security for future advances was contemplated under the terms of the original bill of sale, and consequently the taking of a new note including such new advances, and a' new bill of sale in 'express renewal of the old note and the old bill of sale, amounted to nothing more than a renewal between the same parties as to the same subject-matter and upon the same consideration, the taking of the new note and new lien amounting to nothing more than a liquidation of the amount already secured under the original lien.

4. Under the foregoing rulings, the holder of the original bill of sale did not relinquish his lien by the renewal contract, and the court erred in holding otherwise.

Judgment reversed.

Stephens and Bell, JJ., concur.