Smith v. Old Warson Development Company

How courts have described this case

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

• “The caveat emptor rule as applied to new houses is an anachronism patently out of harmony with modem home buying practices”
• buyer must “rely upon the fact that the vendor-builder holds the structure out to the public as fit for use as a residence, and of being of reasonable quality”
• extending theory of implied warranties to sale of new homes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).