McEachern v. Plauche Lumber & Construction Co.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Connie B. McEachern, having discovered that the house purchased from the defendant L. C. Harrell only five months before, and built within the year, was defective in its construction whereas it had been allegedly represented as meeting F.H.A. minimum construction requirements, and claiming the benefit of a warranty of F.H.A. approval given to his author in title, sued his vendor (Harrell) and (under substitution and subrogation of his vendor’s rights and .actions of warranty against preceding owners) joined the Plauche Lumber and Construction Company,…