Hickmon v. Beene’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “This contention is without merit. The statute relied upon is that portion of the Uniform Commercial Code which imposes a good faith requirement upon the exercise of a secured creditor's option to accelerate "at will" or "when he deems himself insecure." "These clauses are clearly distinguished from the default-type clauses ... where the right to accelerate is conditioned upon the occurrence of a condition which is within the control of the debtor"... the right of acceleration upon which Richardson's rights depend in the present case is conditioned upon the occurrence of an event within the complete control of the debtor, i.e., compliance with the terms and conditions contained in the Note and the Deed of Trust. (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 658 So. 2d 1352 - Peoples Bank and Trust Company v. Cermack