P & S BUSINESS v. South Cent. Bell Telephone

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered against plaintiff in an action based upon fraud and breach of contract. We affirm.

The action grew out of a listing contract between South Central Bell Telephone Company (Bell) and P S Business, Inc. (P S). P S was listed in the business "white pages" section of the 1982 Birmingham telephone directory under various trade names. For example, following the various listings for "IBM CORP" in the 1982 directory, there appeared in bold black type a listing for "IBM TYPEWRITER SERVICE SUPPLIES, 4511 5th Av S — 595-8322," which was a listing for P S.

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