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Supreme Court of Alabama· 9/9/1971

Cochran v. Keeton

Citations

  • 252 So. 2d 313
  • 287 Ala. 439
  • 232 So. 2d 313
  • 1971 Ala. LEXIS 744

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that caveat emptor does not apply to a builder-vendor's sale of a newly constructed house
  • holding that the rule caveat emptor would no longer be applicable to the sale of a newly constructed house, and recognizing an implied warranty of fitness and habitability with regard to such sales
  • holding that the rule caveat emptor would no longer be applicable to the sale of a newly constructed house, and recognizing an implied warranty of fitness and habitability with regard to such sales
  • holding that the rule of caveat emptor would no longer be applicable to the sale of a newly constructed house, and recognizing an implied warranty of fitness and habitability with regard to such sales
  • this Court abrogated the caveat emptor rule in sales of new residential real estate by a \builder-vendor\

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Judges: Simpson, Merrill, Harwood, Bloodworth, Lawson, Coleman, McCall, Heflin

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Cites

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