Swinton v. Whitinsville Savings Bank

The declaration alleges that on or about September 12, 1938, the defendant sold the plaintiff a house in Newton to be occupied by the plaintiff and his family as a dwelling; that at the time of the sale the house “was infested with termites, an insect that is most dangerous and destructive to buildings”; that *678the house was so infested; that the plaintiff could not readily observe this condition upon inspection; that, “knowing the internal destruction that these insects were creating in said house,” the defendant falsely and fraudulently concealed from the plaintiff its true condition; that…