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· 10/15/1881

Deardorff v. Everhartt

Citations

  • 74 Mo. 37

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding subsequent purchasers of a home may not maintain an action in tort for damages to their home against the original builder
  • “The plaintiffs’ claim does not involve property damage per se. Rather, the writ alleges economic loss resulting from the defendant’s failure to properly perform a contractual obligation.”
  • “economic loss” not recoverable in negligence action; “economic loss” defined, among other things, as the decrease in value of a product because it is inferior in quality

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Judges: Henry

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