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The legal saga around the Dixie Restaurant has taken a turn as its current operators have brought a new argument into court.

Last week Dylan and Savannah Yeargin, who purportedly purchased the downtown Petersburg diner last year and are now being sued by previous operators Charles and Frances Rawlings, filed a response in the case claiming that the sale never actually closed and that the Dixie wasn’t even the Rawlings’ to sell.

Located at 250 N. Sycamore St. in Old Towne Petersburg, the Dixie has been around for about 100 years. It was publicly announced last year that the Rawlings, who were looking to retire, sold the business to the Yeargins.

But this spring, the Rawlings filed a lawsuit alleging the Yeargins stopped sending the agreed-upon payme

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