Lavenia v. National Business Consultants, Inc.

CHEHARDY, Judge.

Defendant National Business Consultants, Inc. (National), appeals from a judgment ordering it to return to plaintiffs, Guy and Alyce LaVenia, $3,500 which they had deposited with defendant as broker for their purchase of a sewer- and drain-cleaning business, and further to pay $750 attorney’s fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part for the reasons set forth below.

The trial judge’s statement of the facts in his Reasons for Judgment is clear and concise. Accordingly, we adopt it here:

“Plaintiffs, Alyce and Guy LaVenia, answered an advertisement in a local newspaper for the…