Cooper & Co., Inc. v. Bryant

The defendants, Cooper Company Real Estate, Inc. (Cooper) and Cottage Hill Realty (Cottage Hill), appeal from a judgment entered against both defendants on a verdict for plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, in an action to recover damages for concealment, deceit, misrepresentation, negligence, and breach of implied warranty in the sale of a used house.

In June of 1976, the Bryants, with the assistance of Cottage Hill and its salesman, Ed Welch, purchased a house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mixon and listed by Cooper, for a contract sales price of $23,200.00. Both Cooper and Cottage Hill received a…