Pao Ch'en Lee v. GREGORICU

From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover damages for fraudulent misrepresentation, defendants appeal.

The trial court found, supported by substantial evidence, that plaintiffs bought a two-story house and lot from defendants in reliance on their fraudulent oral misrepresentation that they did not intend ever to build on an adjoining lot (owned and retained by defendants) so as to obstruct plaintiffs ’ view; that defendants thereafter built a one-story extension to the house on their lot, obstructing plaintiffs ’ view from the…