A Person Discovering That the House She Has Just Contracted

question 16

Multiple Choice

A person discovering that the house she has just contracted to buy has a well-known (but not known to her as a stranger to the region) reputation as a haunted house

• A) is bound by the principle of caveat emptor .
• B) might get out of the contract by obtaining the relief of rescission in equity.
• C) can sue for breach of contract based on fraud.
• D) has no remedy because a purchaser is responsible for making reasonable inspections and inquiries into the status and conditions of real property about to be purchased.

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