Upton v. Griffitts

Opinion by

Judge PIERCE.

Defendants, Frank E. Griffitts and Green Valley Partnership, appeal a judgment of the trial court holding them liable to plaintiffs, E. Loyd and Dorothy N. Up*505ton, on their claim for breach of the covenant of warranty. We affirm.

On September 25, 1981, defendants delivered to plaintiffs a general warranty deed to property in Archuleta County. On or around November 20, 1986, plaintiffs learned from a letter sent to them by defendants that the U.S. Forest Service owns approximately 80% of the property conveyed by the warranty deed. Plaintiffs filed their complaint on July…