Legal Opinion
Miller v. Quarles
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 8, 1991No. Record 910101PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
In this case, we decide whether an agent’s negligent performance of his principal’s contract subjects the agent to tort liability to the other contracting party.
In 1986, Colonial Electric Company, Inc. (Colonial) was seeking a loan of $45,000,000 to enable it to purchase land and build a hotel and other buildings to be known as Calibogue Gardens at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Hugh Oliver Miller and Lawrence Wayne Burks, president and vice president respectively of Colonial, contacted Fred H. Quarles, a vice president of Commonwealth Capital Corporation (Commonwealth Capital), a loan broker.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Roughton Pontiac Corp. v. AlstonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
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