EMERSON v. HAM


411 A.2d 687 (1980)

James A. EMERSON and Georgia F. Emerson v. Sharon HAM and Bessie D. Kenniston.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Elliott, Boothbay Harbor (orally), for plaintiff.

Fitzgerald, Donovan, Conley & Day, Duane D. Fitzgerald, John J. Sears, Mark L. Haley, Bath (orally), for Sharon Ham.

Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Keddy, Thomas Schulten (orally), Thomas B. Wheatley, Portland, for Bessie D. Kenniston.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY and ROBERTS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this action for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of real estate, tried before a Superior Court jury in Lincoln County, the presiding justice at the close of the presentation of plaintiffs' evidence directed a verdict for defendants. We deny plaintiffs' appeal.

Plaintiffs, the purchasers of a house and land in Boothbay Harbor, sued defendant Ham (the seller) and defendant Kenniston (the seller's broker) for fraudulent...

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