Brown v. Minor

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The Chancellor ruled that this suit was filed without any reasonable basis and, as a result, ordered the plaintiffs to pay the defendants’ attorney’s fees. The plaintiffs appeal the award of fees to defendant Bruce Minor. We affirm the Chancellor’s ruling.

The evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to the defendant, as we must do, is as follows. Plaintiff Shirley Brown wanted to purchase a small tract of land on which to open a flea market. She eventually decided on a one-acre, obtuse triangular-shaped tract of ground on Highway 365, the Old Conway…