Butts v. Southern Clays, Inc.

Blackburn, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s grant of defendant Southern Clays, Inc.’s (“Southern”) motion for summary judgment. In their underlying complaint filed on February 13, 1986, the plaintiffs allege that in 1959, Southern fraudulently purchased 580 acres of land from them for a mere fraction of its fair market value. Specifically, plaintiffs claim that Southern failed to disclose material information with regard to the quantity, quality, and value of the kaolin reserves on the land. By way of this omission, plaintiffs claim that Southern defrauded them and that the…