Land Sale Annulment Due to Fraudulent Concealment of Easement

A property owner sought to annul a contract for the sale of land, arguing that the buyer had engaged in fraudulent misrepresentation by failing to disclose that the property was subject to an easement of view benefiting the neighboring property, a fact the buyer knew and the seller was unaware of, which significantly decreased the land's value. The court quashed the lower court's decision, holding that the buyer's failure to disclose a known, non-apparent easement that substantially diminished the value of the property constituted fraudulent concealment sufficient to warrant the annulment of the sale, as this omission deceived the seller regarding the object of the contract.