Johnson v. Lowery

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellee, Mary E. Lowery, recovered judgment against appellant, J. B. Johnson, in the sum of $9,000 which represented the difference between the actual value of the property sold to her by appellant and the value he had represented it to have at the time of the transfer.

The series of transactions which culminated in this judgment began in 1946 when Mrs. Lowery obtained the services of Mr. Johnson, a skilled real estate agent, to assist her in the purchase of a house on North Limestone Street in Lexington. After the purchase, Mrs. Lowery became dissatisfied with the property…