Legal Opinion
Davis v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 17, 1981No. 36667PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the holding in Division 1 of the Court of Appeals in Davis v. Carpenter, 155 Ga. App. 301 (270 SE2d 810) (1980), which held the law of confidential or fiduciary relationships was applicable to a suit on a construction contract executed between Hurst, the builder, and Davis, the property owner.
Davis contracted with Hurst to build an addition to a nursing home. The evidence showed that Hurst and Davis had previous dealings on several similar nursing home projects, although it had been five years since the last transaction. A written contract had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cochran v. MurrahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Davis v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
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