DIME SAV. BANK v. SANDY SPRINGS ASSOC.

No. S91A0463.

405 S.E.2d 491 (1991)

261 Ga. 485

DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NEW YORK, FSB et al. v. SANDY SPRINGS ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Hill, Jr., Hurt, Richardson, Atlanta, James J. Brissette, Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Atlanta, for Dime Sav. Bank of New York, FSB.

Fred L. Cavalli, Decatur, for Sandy Springs Associates, Inc.


FLETCHER, Justice.

Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB and Chicago Title Insurance Company ("Dime") appeal from the trial court's decision that gave a notice of lis pendens priority over Dime's unrecorded security deed. We reverse.

In 1986, Edgar A. Neely III and George Pearson entered into a sales contract and escrow agreement for the sale of Neely's house (the "property") in Fayette County to Pearson. Under the...

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