Everton v. Blair

Defendant-appellant Sid Blair was involved in a Mexican land deal with Playa International, a corporation of which he is a 9% shareholder. Blair was asked by the entrepreneurs of the land deal, other shareholders in Playa, to provide an additional $20,000 to finalize the deal. He stated that he could only come up with $10,000.

At this point the testimony at trial was disputed. Plaintiff-respondent Keith Ever-ton claims that Blair then asked him (Ever-ton) for a personal loan of $10,000 so that Blair could make the needed $20,000 payment and that $10,000 was transferred from Everton to Blair in…