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HUGHES v. HOLT

No. 287-79.

435 A.2d 687 (1981)

Thomas L. HUGHES, Mary M. Hughes, and Mildred A. Decker v. Richard HOLT and Charlotte M. Holt, Berkley & Veller Real Estate, Burlington Savings Bank, and Norman E. Wright.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied September 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCarty & Rifkin, P. C., Brattleboro, for plaintiffs.

Fitts, Olson, Carnahan, Anderson & Bump, Brattleboro, for Holts.

Allan R. Keyes of Ryan, Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for Berkley & Veller.

Kristensen, Cummings, Rosi & Murtha, Brattleboro, for Burlington Savings Bank.

Richards & Lawlor, P. C., Springfield, for Wright.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and LARROW, BILLINGS, HILL and UNDERWOOD, JJ.

BARNEY, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs purchased a house and eight acres of land in Guilford, Vermont, in 1975, that turned out to be termite infested. As part of their attempt to correct the situation blasting was done by a contractor, and the house collapsed. The plaintiffs then instituted suit against the Holts, who sold them the house; Berkley & Veller Real Estate, the real estate brokers who listed the house; Norman Wright, a real estate appraiser who valued...

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