Sullivan v. Ulrich

Plaintiffs sued the defendant in the circuit court for Kent county in an action of trespass on the .case for damages, claiming that the defendant had defrauded plaintiffs in a transaction for the sale and purchase of a house. The gist of plaintiffs’ claim is that the defendant fraudulently concealed the fact that the house was infested with termites, and misrepresented the facts in that regard. The case wa.s tried by the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment of no cause for action, from which the plaintiffs appeal.

Defendant first listed her home for sale in July, 1946. The house had…