Legal Opinion
O'DELL v. Custom Builders Corp.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 9, 1978No. 60062PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINCH, Judge.
Plaintiffs obtained a verdict and judgment against Custom Builders Corporation (CBC) for $19,000 for breach of an implied warranty that house plans prepared for plaintiffs were fit for use in construction of a house on property owned by plaintiffs. The asserted deficiency in the plans was that they failed to provide for needed pier-ing to support footings on which foundation walls were constructed, resulting in extensive settling, cracking, and other damage to plaintiffs’ house. CBC appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, which affirmed. That court’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kellogg Bridge Co. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Smith v. Old Warson Development CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Morrow v. Caloric Appliance CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Busch & Latta Painting Co. v. Woermann Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Hoye v. Century Builders, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Crowder v. VandendealeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- R.W. Murray Co. v. Shatterproof Glass Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Groppel Co. v. United States Gypsum Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Sands v. R. G. McKelvey Building Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- Snowden v. GaynorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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