O'CONNOR v. Scott

The plaintiffs, Frederick J. O'Connor and Beverly D. O'Connor, husband and wife, appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants, Tom West Company, Inc., and George M. Scott, Jr., and Sarah Scott, husband and wife. The O'Connors brought their suit in the Houston County Circuit Court, claiming fraud and suppression of a material fact that the defendants were under a duty to disclose. We affirm.

On July 31, 1981, the plaintiffs entered into a written agreement to purchase a house and lot in Dothan, Alabama, from the Scotts. Tom West, the owner of Tom West Company, Inc., was given the exclusive…