Legal Opinion
Reed v. King
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 1983No. Civ. 21937PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
In the sale of a house, must the seller disclose it was the site of a multiple murder?
Dorris Reed purchased a house from Robert King. Neither King nor his real estate agents (the other named defendants) told Reed that a woman and her four children were murdered there 10 years earlier. However, it seems “truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long.” (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, act II, scene II.) Reed learned of the gruesome episode from a neighbor after the sale. She sues seeking rescission and damages. King and the real estate agent defendants successfully…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Bacon v. SouleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912
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- Godfrey v. SteinpressCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
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