Lieber v. Bridges

TITUS, Judge.

In June 1974 plaintiffs contracted with defendant to erect a house on plaintiffs’ lakefront property in Camden County. The house design was very close to a house which defendant had already built and which had been inspected and approved by plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were to pay defendant $35,000 in exchange for defendant furnishing all material and labor for construction.

The house was fully completed and paid for in October 1974 with no visible problems. It was built on a thirty degree slope, consisting of two stories with an elevated deck and concrete patio fronting much of it. In…