Smith v. Ross

Smith, Justice.

A Muscogee County jury awarded the appellant, Mary Smith, damages for fraud stemming from a transaction arranged by appellee Clarence White in which she traded her house for one owned by ap-pellee Annie Ross White. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s denial of the appellees’ motion for a directed verdict. Ross v. Smith, 173 Ga. App. 384 (326 SE2d 527) (1985). We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that no confidential relationship existed between the appellant and Clarence White. We reverse and reinstate the jury verdict.

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