Wood v. Haas

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This appeal stems from an action for breach of warranty. On April 7, 1951 appellant, J. B. Wood, for a consideration of $14,000.00, executed a General Warranty Deed to the appellees, J. Paul Setliff and Mary Dean Setliff, his wife. The deed described by metes and bounds a tract of land in the City of El Dorado fronting eighty feet on Northwest Avenue and having a depth of 220 feet. On April 5, 1956 (just a few days prior to five years from the date of the above deed) the Setliffs filed this action against Wood for breach of warranty.

The complaint alleged…