FIDELITY MORTG. CO. OF TEXAS v. Cook

821 S.W.2d 39 (1991)

307 Ark. 496

FIDELITY MORTGAGE COMPANY OF TEXAS, Appellant,

v.

James Martin COOK d/b/a Cook Construction Company, Appellee.

No. 91-221.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 23, 1991.

Jay W. Dickey, Jr., Pine Bluff, for appellant.

William S. Roach, Phillip A. Raley, Pine Bluff, for appellee.

BROWN, Justice.

The appellant, Fidelity Mortgage Company of Texas, appeals from a judgment for deceit in favor of the appellee, James Martin Cook, d/b/a Cook Construction Company, in the amount of $35,538.29. The salient issue on appeal is whether the circuit judge, who tried the case without a…