Land Sale Misrepresentation Statute of Limitations

An individual, having contracted to purchase land from another party, subsequently brought an action seeking annulment of the contract and restitution of the price paid, alleging that the seller had falsely represented the boundaries of the property, a fact which the buyer only discovered after the sale's completion. The court rejected the appeal, reasoning that the alleged misrepresentation regarding the land's boundaries constituted a defect in the underlying object of the sale, which, according to the applicable civil code provisions, must be raised within a specific time frame following the discovery of the defect, and since the action was brought outside this statutory limitation period, the claim was time-barred and could not lead to the contract's annulment or the recovery of the purchase price.