McHANEY v. SPEARS

No. C-81-1003.

526 F.Supp. 566 (1981)

Carroll McHANEY, Jr., and Wife, Mary L. McHaney, Plaintiffs, v. Harry SPEARS, L. R. Mitchell and Mutual Development Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, E. D.

November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Charles Cox, Jackson, Tenn., Richard Fields, Ratner & Sugarmon, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

James F. Butler, Goodrich, Butler & Morgan, Jackson, Tenn., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

HORTON, District Judge.

The issue in this lawsuit is whether the defendants rejected and refused to accept plaintiffs' offer to purchase a parcel of real estate, identified as Lot 20, Double Bridge Subdivision, Section 2, Jackson, Tennessee, because of the plaintiffs' race. The Court finds from all of the credible evidence in the record and concludes that plaintiffs have proved, by a clear preponderance of...

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