Buyer's Claim for Annulment of Sale Based on Latent Structural Defects Dismissed

A buyer sought the annulment of a sale, claiming the property transferred had latent structural defects rendering it unfit for its intended purpose, while the seller argued the buyer was aware of the property's condition or that the defects were superficial and easily repairable. The court upheld the lower court's decision dismissing the claim, reasoning that the determination of whether the discovered defects were sufficiently serious and latent to justify the annulment of the sale, as required by the relevant civil code provision, was a question of fact falling within the discretionary power of the trial judge, who had found the evidence did not support the buyer's contention of a significant, hidden flaw compromising the property's utility.