Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc. v. Shivers

DIES, Chief Justice.

Defendant below appeals from an adverse judgment rendered after a trial to the court, and we will designate the parties as they appeared in the trial court. Plaintiffs purchased a mobile home from one Marvin Hurley d/b/a Lakeview Mobile Homes, an independent dealer in Baytown, who has since gone out of business and cannot be located. Hurley had previously purchased this unit from the defendant, the manufacturer thereof. Hurley was not an agent for the defendant.

Plaintiffs alleged, and the trial court found, that the mobile home was defectively constructed; that at the time…