Huckleberry v. M.C. Dixon Lumber Co. Inc.

The plaintiffs, Maggie Huckleberry and Banner Bouyer, brought this action against Michael Shadrick, M.C. Dixon Lumber Co., Attorney-at-law Russell L. Irby, and the law partnership of Clayton and Clayton.

The plaintiffs specifically charge that the defendants, acting in their individual capacities and as members of a conspiracy, committed fraud upon them in violation of Code 1975, §§ 6-5-100, -104. The plaintiffs charge that the defendants misinformed them and led them to believe that documents they signed were for the sale of timber, when in fact they were for the sale of land.

The elderly and…