Johnson v. Davis
The 1985 Florida Supreme Court decision requiring sellers of residential property to disclose known material defects not readily observable to the buyer.
Johnson v. Davis is a 1985 Florida Supreme Court case that established a seller's duty to disclose. A seller of residential property must reveal known facts that materially affect the value of the property and are not readily observable to the buyer.
The duty applies even when the buyer does not ask, and it extends to the licensees involved in the transaction.
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