Cochran v. Keeton

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, purchased a newly constructed home in Colbert County, Alabama, from appellees. Some five months after purchase and transfer of title, the house was substantially damaged by fire.

Appellants brought suit against appellees in tort and implied warranty. The first two counts of the amended complaint, after setting out the relationship of builder-vendor and vendee in the sale of a new house, alleged negligence in the construction and wiring of the house, which negligence proximately resulted in the fire and accompanying damage. The last two counts alleged…