Rental Development Corp. of America v. Rubenstein Construction Co.

LOCKWOOD, Vice Chief Justice.

The Rental Development Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Rental Development, owns the Park Lee Alice Ap.artments. Rental Development sued the builder of the apartments, the Rubenstein Construction Company, hereafter referred to as Rubenstein, for $210,000 damages for latent defects discovered' within one year after the acceptance of the apartments. The trial court held for Rubenstein and this appeal resulted.

The facts are as follows: Rubenstein contracted with Rental Development to construct an apartment project for approximately $4,000,000. The…