Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 30, 1997No. A97A0848PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Maneóla S. Jennings appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Mark A. Smith, Jr., on her claims for negligent construction and fraudulent concealment. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the trial court’s ruling.
In February 1991, Jennings agreed to purchase a house built by Roswell Properties, Inc. Smith was vice-president and 50 percent shareholder of Roswell Properties, and executed the purchase and sale contract on behalf of the corporation.
After closing on the sale of the house, Jennings claims she discovered several structural defects,…
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- Weir v. McGillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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