Vivian Arnold Realty Co. V. Mccormick

Subsequent to the trial court's denial of a motion for a new trial, defendants-appellants Vivian Arnold, individually, and Vivian Arnold Realty Company appealed. The trial court, sitting without a jury, made a ruling declaring a deposit and receipt agreement to be void and that the $500 earnest money deposit be returned to the purchasers, plaintiffs-appellees McCormick. The trial court also entered judgment in favor of (1) the sellers, defendants-appellees Osborne, against the appellants, who had been made defendants on a cross-claim by Osborne, in the amount of $500 for damages caused by appellants' negligence, (2) Vivian Arnold's salesperson, Carolyn Watchman, also a defendant on Osborne's cross-claim.