Starling v. Sproles

HILL, Judge.

We are confronted for the purpose of this appeal with the dismissal of the cross-claim which the Sproles assert against the Parkers and Harold Parker Realty Company. We address the following question: Did the defendants Harold and Joanne Parker and Harold Parker Realty Company commit an unfair or deceptive act in violation of G.S. 75-1.1 by failing to disclose prior to the Parkers’ purchase of the property which the Sproles had listed with Harold Parker Realty Company that they had an offer to purchase the same property from a third party? We conclude there was an obligation on…