Gaynor v. Melvin

GREENE, Judge.

Blair Gaynor (Plaintiff) appeals from an order filed 25 October 2001 granting judgment for Gordon and Mary Melvin, individually, and doing business as Mill Direct Sales and Mill Direct Sales, Inc. (collectively, Defendants).

Plaintiff filed a complaint claiming breach of contract, fraud, and defamation and also demanding a jury trial. The complaint alleged the parties entered into an oral agreement (the agreement) on or about April 1997, whereby Plaintiff would open and manage an office in Charlotte, North Carolina (the office) to sell lumber on behalf of Defendants. Under the…