Papcum v. L R Jacobs Construction Co.

Defendant appeals, by leave granted, a 1978 order of the circuit court which consolidates these cases for a joint trial, under GCR 1963, 505.

Plaintiffs are next-door neighbors who purchased new homes from the defendant builder in March and July of 1972. Both actions were begun in July 1976 and sought identical relief on several identical theories. Both couples claim their basements began to leak soon after purchase and that the condition worsened over the years while defendant tried from time to time to correct the situation. One of the homeowners finally hired someone else. The same lawyers…