Gaito v. Auman

318 S.E.2d 555 (1984)

Sam GAITO and wife, Eleanor H. Gaito

v.

Howard Frank AUMAN, Jr.

v.

Alvin LeGRAND, individually and d/b/a Alvin LeGrand Plumbing and Heating.

No. 8320DC500.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 21, 1984.

Brown, Holshouser & Pate by G. Les Burke, Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.

Pollock, Fullenwider, Cunningham & Patterson, P.A. by Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., Southern Pines, for plaintiffs-appellees.

JOHNSON, Judge.

This appeal presents a question of first impression arising out of the doctrine of implied warranty of habitability in the sale of a new dwelling. That is,…