Engelhart v. Kramer

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] A $34,800 judgment was rendered against Crystal Kay Kramer based on violation of SDCL eh 43-4 and for failure to properly disclose a defect in the home she sold to Karen Engelhart. The case was tried without a jury before the Second Judicial Circuit Court. Kramer appeals the award claiming that Engelhart did not show that Kramer failed to meet the required standard in completing the seller’s property disclosure statement. 1 We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] In May of 1991, Crystal Kay Kramer purchased a home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for $35,000. Over the next…