MATNEY v. CEDAR LAND FARMS, INC.

Record No. 750746.

224 S.E.2d 162 (1976)

216 Va. 932

Roger L. MATNEY and Sharon J. Matney v. CEDAR LAND FARMS, INC. and H. Paul Buskell.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Earls, Norton (Cline, McAfee, Adkins & Gillenwater, Norton, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

John W. Gillespie, Tazewell, T. G. Shufflebarger, Richlands (Gillespie, Chambers & Combs, Tazewell, Shufflebarger & McNeace, Richlands, on brief), for defendants in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal arises from the trial of two consolidated cases in which a building contractor sought compensatory and punitive damages on the ground of fraud from a developer of real estate, as the result of the sale of eight lots in a residential subdivision.

In September 1972, plaintiff Roger L. Matney purchased from defendant Cedar Land Farms, Inc. two parcels of land, comprised of four lots each, in the Cedar Land Farms Subdivision in Tazewell...

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