Blaine v. J.E. Jones Construction Co.

SATZ, Judge.

This is a tort action in fraud. Plaintiffs are owners of homes in Westglen Farms Subdivision in St. Louis County. They purchased their homes from defendant, J.E. Jones Construction Company (Jones Company), the company that developed the subdivision and constructed their homes. Plaintiffs sued the Jones Company for fraud, alleging they were induced into purchasing their homes by the Jones Company’s fraudulent concealment of its intent to build an apartment complex in the subdivision near their homes.

In several amended petitions, plaintiffs also attempted to establish themselves as…