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LEONARD GAMBLE v. ERIC BRIAN FRIEND

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 29, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: G. Kline Preston, IV, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Eric Brian Friend.

Attorneys 2: Katelynn King, Trent North Notestine, and R. Elliott Graves, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Leonard Gamble.

Judge(s): MCBRAYER

A property owner granted a friend permission to live on his property while the friend was renovating the owner’s house. Five years later, the owner filed a successful detainer action against the friend in general sessions court. The friend appealed the adverse judgment to circuit court and, in that forum, filed a counterclaim asserting multiple causes of action including breach of contract and quantum meruit. After a bench trial, the trial court granted the property owner a detainer and dismissed the friend’s counterclaims. We affirm.

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