Legal Opinion
Brown v. Critchfield
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 9, 1980No. Civ. 42929PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROUSE, J.
Plaintiff, Ernest Brown, appeals from summary judgments in favor of defendants, James Critchfield and Leroy Broun.
Plaintiff commenced this action in August 1974 to recover damages for the fraudulent or negligent breach of fiduciary duties allegedly owed to plaintiff by Critchfield, a real estate broker, and Broun, an attorney. The complaint alleged that plaintiff employed defendants, in their professional capacities, to counsel him in the sale of approximately 101 acres of land, and that plaintiff was damaged and his security interest impaired as a proximate result of their…
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