8 Nov 2017
MAGEE & ORS v MASON & ORS [2017] NZCA 502
- Citation
- [2017] NZCA 502
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Majority: The vendor's statement was reasonably construed as meaning only that the vendors had not experienced weathertightness problems during their ownership and that they knew of no facts indicating a propensity to leak (meanings 1 and 2), not as a representation about the building's design or construction (meaning 3). Because the statement did not convey the false meaning pleaded it was not an actionable misrepresentation and the appeal is allowed.