Elliott v. Barnes

Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment of dismissal claiming that the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiffs' release of a defendant effected the release of all other defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiffs (the Elliotts) purchased a parcel of real property from the defendant sellers (the Lequires). After the sale had closed and the plaintiffs had commenced building a home on the property, they discovered that their reliance on the sellers' agents' representations regarding the property boundaries and the availability of utilities was misplaced. The boundary lines were approximately 100 feet…