General Resources Organization, Inc. v. Deadman
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDBERGER, Justice.
This case involves a gold scam. At the heart of the scam is a shadowy figure named Otis B. Phillips. Phillips, an ex-convict, masterminded this scheme and operated it with the assistance of an Indiana lawyer named Dollie Stafford Manns. Glen Deadman and William Adamson invested and lost $237,-086.50 in the scheme. The scam was based upon a contract to sell gold at a substantial discount in a private transaction. The buyers would put down a large security deposit subject to their meeting the qualifying procedures. Inevitably the buyers would not qualify and Mr.…
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