Retrovest Associates, Inc. v. Bryant

Plaintiff Retrovest Associates appeals from an order of the Lamoille Superior Court awarding damages to defendants Bryant and Carlough and denying plaintiff foreclosure and attorney’s fees. We affirm.

In March 1983, defendants engaged plaintiff to inspect an old farmhouse they were interested in purchasing in Stowe, Vermont. Plaintiff’s president, David Scheuer, walked through the house with defendants, noted some problem areas, especially a sag in the kitchen floor, but otherwise found no major structural defects. Defendants then bought the house and, setting aside $40,000 in a special…