White v. Early

OPINION

in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and ALAN E. HIGHERS, J., joined.

This is a fraudulent misrepresentation/breach of contract claim involving the sale of a boat slip. The defendant owned a marina on a lake, which was subject to a twenty-year lease from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The defendant marina owners sold boat “slips” at the marina, that is, space at a dock at which the owner could dock his boat. In May 2000, the plaintiffs purchased the defendant slip owner’s boat slip at the marina. The defendant marina owners acted as brokers for the defendant owner of the slip and…