V. I. P. Homes, Inc. v. Weader

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

V. I. P. Homes, Inc., and Mahlon Jay Hyatt appeal a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Gene E. Weader and Donna I. Weader. Appellees’ action was based upon fraud connected with the ownership of a mobile home which appellants sold them.

The record shows that after appellees filed suit, appellant Hyatt filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Appellees then filed an adversary proceeding against Hyatt seeking a determination that Hyatt’s actions were fraudulent and asking the bankruptcy court to render a verdict for actual and punitive damages. The bankruptcy court, however,…