Purchaser's Claim for Annulment Due to Undisclosed Registered Servitude Fails

A purchaser of an immovable property, having signed a preliminary sales agreement and subsequently discovered a servitude burdening the property that was not declared by the seller, sought annulment of the sale, arguing the undisclosed servitude constituted a defect rendering the property unfit for its intended use. The court rejected the appeal, reasoning that the existence of a registered servitude, which is public and easily verifiable through a title search, does not constitute a hidden defect under the relevant civil code provisions, as the buyer had the means to discover this encumbrance prior to finalizing the purchase.