Brown v. Hotard

BOUTALL, Judge.

This appeal arises from a suit for reduction of purchase price and liquidated damages on an agreement to repair a residence. From a judgment in favor of the sellers-builders, the purchasers have taken this appeal.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown purchased a year-old residence from Louis J. Hotard and Dewey Johnson for $82,000.00 on October 1, 1979. The house was a prefabricated building, manufactured by Kingsberry Homes, and was erected and finished as a joint venture by Hotard and Johnson, building contractors. The Browns moved into the house two months prior to the act of sale and…