Brown v. Buffington

Johnson, Judge.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in an action for fraud arising out of a short term business relationship. Truett Buffington (Buffington) was operating his own business from his garage, manufacturing and installing cultured marble lavatories. Harold Alton Brown (Brown), a neighbor of Buffington, became interested in the marble product and had Buffington install one of the lavatories in Brown’s home. Thereafter the parties agreed that Brown would invest $25,000 in Buffington’s business in return for 40 percent ownership thereof. There is disagreement over…