Smith v. Clark

This is an appeal by defendant Ordell Smith from the denial of his Rule 60 (b), A.R.Civ.P., motion for relief from a judgment previously rendered against him. We affirm.

The judgment from which defendant sought relief arose out of a lawsuit brought by plaintiff Deborah K. Clark. That lawsuit grew out of a real estate transaction.

Sometime in late 1978, plaintiff Clark contacted defendant Smith and asked him to represent her, or to be her agent, in the purchase of a home. Smith agreed to do so, and the transaction was completed.

After discovering defects in the roofing of her new home and finding…