Legal Opinion
Sims v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 24, 1979No. 78-424PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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This appeal involves the propriety of the trial court's granting a motion to dismiss a complaint in which the buyers of a new house alleged the breach of an implied warranty and fraud by the seller. The trial court's judgment was based on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations and laches.
In their original complaint filed on May 11, 1978, the plaintiffs named as defendants the builder-vendor and several other defendants, who were…
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