Haygood v. Burl Pounders Realty, Inc.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Burl Pounders Realty, Inc., and Ashlock-Pounders Building Company in an action alleging fraud and misrepresentation with regard to a house purchased by them. We affirm.

On March 31, 1989, John Dow Haygood and his wife, Dottie, purchased a house from Bryan Ashlock and his wife, Tammy, who was a real estate agent for Burl Pounders Realty at the time of the sale.1 The house had been constructed by Ashlock-Pounders Building Company; however, the Ashlocks had lived in it for approximately three years. Therefore, the sale was…