Whigham v. Travelodge International, Inc.

This appeal, by James H. Whigham, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Bessie A. Whigham, is from a judgment that denied recovery from Travelodge International, Inc., a corporation; Tuscaloosa TraveLodge, a copartnership; and Lloyd M. Baker and Janice Ann Baker, of the sum of approximately $180,000 plus, which Whigham claimed the estate of Bessie A. Whigham was compelled to expend for defendants' benefit in order to protect an interest in certain improved real estate.

We affirm.

Whigham sought recovery under the theories that: there was fraud or overreaching by defendants resulting in…