Court Opinion

ID: 7077463
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 08:26:54.627072+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:12:49.991012
License: Public Domain

RUCKER, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I fully concur with Part I of the majority opinion. I also concur with that portion of Part II declaring that the trial court “applied the wrong legal standard to the facts” of this case. Op. at 467. However, I disagree with the necessity of remanding this cause to the trial court for new findings. It is certainly true the trial court did not use the magic words “actual knowledge.” But as recounted in the Facts section of the majority opinion, the record before us is more than sufficient to support the conclusion that the Johnsons had such knowledge of the various defects pri- or to the time they sold the property to the Wysockis. I would therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court in all respects and put this litigation to rest. Therefore, on this point I respectfully dissent.