Phillips v. Denton

This appeal asks whether Jeff Phillips presented sufficient evidence during a bench trial to repel Jewell Edward Denton's motion to dismiss Phillips's unjust-enrichment claim. He did. We therefore hold that the circuit court erred by granting Denton's motion, which came after Phillips had rested his case. The circuit court's decision is reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.

I

Jeff and Susie Phillips, and Jewell (J.E.) and Vallalee (Val) Denton, lived in separate mobile homes on a piece of land outside Rogers, Arkansas. J.E. is Susie's father. Susie and her mother, Val, have…