Murphree v. Rawlings

This is another in a multitude of cases involving a problem all too frequently encountered in real estate transactions—alleged misrepresentation of boundaries. In 1962, plaintiff-respondent, Murphree, responded to a newspaper advertisement for the sale of a trailer park in Ska-mania County by contacting the realtor and also Rawlings, the owner and appellant herein. In the course of negotiating, Rawlings walked over the trailer park property with Murphree pointing out the boundaries. They were using as a basic reference tool, a schematic location drawing, which Rawlings denominated a “survey”.…