Goodwin v. Browning

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

This is a suit by nine plaintiffs against Richard Goodwin for fraud in the sale of pre-need cemetery lots. The plaintiffs sued on the basis that Goodwin represented to them that the cemetery lots were in a perpetual care cemetery and had trust funds set aside for that purpose. A verdict was returned in plaintiffs’ favor.

We reverse. There is no evidence which shows that appellant made the representations that the lots were in a perpetual care cemetery and had trust funds set aside for that purpose, or that if such statements were made that appellant knew at the time…