Sutton v. Messer

JACKSON, Judge.

John R. Sutton and James M. Edmonds (plaintiffs) appeal from a 25 February 2004 judgment granting defendants’1 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint with prejudice.

The present action arises out of an agreement dated 30 September 1998 entitled “Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement” (Agreement). The Agreement was executed in settlement of a 1996 lawsuit in Buncombe County brought by Jarvis Wayne Messer and Star Stone Enterprises, Inc. — defendants in the present action— against attorneys John R. Sutton and James M. Edmonds. Sutton and *523Edmonds…