Benson v. Dorger

This matter involves an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County which awarded a judgment to the plaintiff, the appellee herein, for the sum of $2,069.89 as damages for the negligent construction of a dwelling.

The facts, in brief, are as follows. On May 14, 1956, the plaintiff entered into a written agreement with the defendant, the appellant, for the purchase of a house and lot located in Cincinnati, Ohio, which house was then under construction. The real estate purchase contract was very brief in nature and was a standard copyrighted form of the Cincinnati Real…