Legal Opinion
Ware v. Scott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 30, 1979No. Record 771734PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
This is an appeal by the sellers of a house from a judgment awarding the buyers damages for fraudulent inducement. We decide whether the sellers are liable for damages resulting from their failure to disclose certain information, material to the contract of sale, acquired by them after the contract document was signed but before the sale was consummated.
We view the facts in the light most favorable to the buyers who prevailed below. Charles C. Ware and Iona A. Ware, his wife, listed their house for sale with a realtor. In early April 1973, Paige B. Scott, wife of Larry B. Scott, inspected the…
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