Totaro v. Turner

Ness, Justice:

This appeal is from an order granting respondent Turner’s motion to strike certain allegations from appellant Totaro’s complaint. We affirm.

Appellant brought this action for cancellation of a purported option agreement between Turner and the heirs of William A. Mellard. While serving as attorney for the exec utors of Mellard’s estate, Turner found a buyer for a tract of land in Berkeley County, one of the assets of the estate. Appellant alleges that in the course of preparing the agreement between the Mellard heirs and the buyer, Turner procured an option from the heirs to…