Guarantee of disqualification from non-apparent easements: the seller may only exonerate by a clause expressly excluding

In a judgment of 13 February 2025 (Court of Cassation, 3rd Civil Division, 13 February 2025 – No. 23-17.636), the Court of Cassation clarified the extent of the seller's obligations in the context of a real estate sale. In the present case, Ms. and Mr. N and Mr. X sold a house to Ms. K. The sales contract provided, inter alia, a clause for the seller, stating: "The buyer will take the property in the state in which it is to date, as he has seen …