Barrow v. Murphrey

ORR, Judge.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in defendant’s favor, effectively finding that defendant was not, as a matter of law, personally liable on the contract in question.

On 18 January 1983, plaintiffs and defendant’s husband, Loys L. Murphrey (now deceased, hereinafter Murphrey), entered into a written contract relating to the development and sale of real property known as Buccaneer Bay. Murphrey purchased the property on the same date from developers Bernice C. and Jack N. Nobles for $550,000.00 of which plaintiffs received a…