Travers v. Spidell

OPINION

This appeal requires us to determine whether a general merger-and-disclaimer clause in a real estate purchase-and-sale agreement (P & S) bars a fraud claim based on the sellers’ alleged misrepresentations concerning tiie presence of a well on the property. A Superior Court justice entered judgment in favor of the selling defendants, Edward T. and Christine Spidell (the Spi-dells), after he granted a summary-judgment motion filed by them. Counsel for the parties came before us after we issued an order to the plaintiff, Richard M. Travers, to show cause why this appeal should not be…