Dotson v. Cogswell

On December 17,2003, plaintiff-buyer John C. Dotson (“Dotson”) contracted with defendant-sellers Robert E. Cogswell (“Cogswell”) and Lloyd E. Shelton (“Shelton”), d/b/a S.C. Construction Company (“S.C. Construction”), for the purchase and sale of land in Barre and for the construction of a house to be built by the defendants on that site. Building specifications attached to the agreement called for, among other things, the defendants to “[pjower rake existing loam” and “[djisturbed areas to be hayed and seeded.” By the closing on January 12, 2004, such landscaping had not been completed. As a…