Brown

Plaintiff, Ernest Brown, appeals from summary judgments in favor of defendants, James Critchfield and Leroy Broun.

Plaintiff commenced this action in August 1974 to recover damages for the fraudulent or negligent breach of fiduciary duties allegedly owed to plaintiff by Critchfield, a real estate broker, and Broun, an attorney. The complaint alleged that plaintiff employed defendants, in their professional capacities, to counsel him in the sale of approximately 101 acres of land, and that plaintiff was damaged and his security interest impaired as a proximate result of their negligence, intentional nondisclosures and intentional misrepresentations.

In March 1975, plaintiff filed an amended complaint alleging additional damages. Specifically, he alleged that property taxes were delinquent in the amount of $41,389.21; that the purchasers sold property for $185,000 although they were in default in payment of taxes; that unreleased property declined in value by $600,000; that unreleased property suffered severance damage of $76,104; and that unreleased property declined in value by $30,000 by reason of the creation of a surface water easement. Plaintiff also seeks punitive…