Brown v. Liberty Clubs, Inc.

All parties correctly agree that the Consumer Act has no application in a “pure” real estate transaction. However, the determinative issue before us is one of first impression and asks whether R.C. Chapter 1345, the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, is applicable to the personal property or services portion of a “mixed” transaction that also involves the sale of real estate. Since we believe that this issue must be answered in the affirmative, we reverse the decision of the court of appeals below in this respect.

Appellants contend that since personal property was involved in their purchase…