Legal Opinion

Prescott v. Adams

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 29, 1981PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The question in this case is whether the Trial Court should have granted summary judgment sustaining the defense of statute of limitations in a case against the sellers of real estate and their agent. The action was for rescission of the contract of sale or, in the alternative, for damages for fraud, misrepresentation, negligence in the design of an improvement to real property, breach of their fiduciary duty, and breach of the implied warranties of marketability and habitability.

Early in 1974 the defendants Ira T. Adams and wife, Martha A. Adams, constructed a home on…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McCroskey v. Bryant Air Conditioning CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Vance v. SchulderTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Stone v. HindsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
  4. Hughes v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Alvis v. OglesbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Pero's Steak and Spaghetti House v. LeeTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Price v. Mercury Supply Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  3. United States Textiles, Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. And Busch Entertainment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. City State Bank v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  5. Knapp v. Holiday Inns, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984

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