DeWitt v. Long

This is a fraud case.

The lessees sued the lessors, alleging most importantly to this appeal that the lessors had fraudulently concealed certain material information in the course of renting some property to the lessees. Additionally, it was alleged that the lessors had misrepresented the basic nature of the property that was being leased; and had breached the lease agreement by failing to provide the lessees with peaceful possession of the premises for their business, a commercial use, in that the premises were zoned residential and not commercial.

Both parties filed motions for summary…