Brown v. Little

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant Debbie L. Brown appeals from a ruling of the Superior Court of Fayette County on her suit to collect a debt from her former brother-in-law, appellee Richard E. Little. We reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand the case for a new trial.

Appellant was married to appellee’s brother, Raymond Little, until October 1992. In 1990, appellant inherited $32,000 from her father’s estate. Following a request from appellee, appellant loaned appellee $20,000 of such inheritance on March 2, 1990; the actual terms of the oral contract are in dispute. On October 16, 1990,…