Real estate broker is opening witness

Defendant and real estate broker Larry Hoeben continued to answer plaintiff’s lawyer questions this afternoon in day one of an Oconee civil court trial.  4105 Liberty Highway Llc vs. Redlands Properties Llc and others is a breach of contract dispute over the sale and condition of 123 Bypass property that changed hands in 2017.  Many of the questions of Hoeben centered on emails from the city of Seneca regarding storm water and runoff issues and whether emails from a Seneca city department head amounted to notice of a violation, before nearly 10 acres of land were sold.  Court officers have been alerted to the possibility that this case, involving multiple lawyers and witnesses, could consume the entire Common Pleas Court week.