Doran v. Milland Development Co.

Appellant is a corporation engaged in the construction of new homes and the sale of such homes to members of the public. In 1947 appellant sold a new home so built by it in the city of Mill Valley to respondent Rossie M. Doran and her husband, who died in 1949. In April of 1953 by reason of the fact that a portion of the bedroom floor collapsed under the weight of a bed Mrs. Doran first discovered that the foundations of the house were infested with a wood-destroying fungus and was obliged to pay $2,-309.51 for necessary repairs. Suing on her own behalf and as administratrix of her husband’s…