Patel v. Tuttle Properties, LLC

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Ramesh Patel, and Appellees, Tuttle Properties, LLC and BT’s Quick Mart, were engaged in a commercial real estate transaction. Appellant was unable to secure adequate financing to close the transaction, however, and Appellees retained his earnest money deposit. Appellant brought suit and the trial court granted summary judgment to Appellees. The Court of Appeals affirmed and Appellant now appeals to this Court arguing: (1) the Court of Appeals should have reviewed the trial court’s ruling to determine whether the earnest money clause constituted…