Dougherty v. Petrere

HAMLIN, Justice.

Defendant, Donald Petrere, doing business as Scenic Trailer Sales, appeals from a judgment of the trial court which dissolved and set aside the sale of a 1952 Kit Companion trailer because of a redhibitory vice and awarded plaintiff, Mrs. Catherine Dougherty, $2,055, the full amount of the purchase price.

In the latter part of 1956, plaintiff, an elderly widow of approximately sixty-nine years of age, who was living in an old trailer which had become uninhabitable, was interested in purchasing a house trailer which she hoped would last her the remainder of her life. Her income…