Holder v. Haskett

Bell, Judge:

This is an action for damages for alleged breach of an implied warranty of habitability arising from the sale of residential real estate. Norman and Linda Holder appeal from the granting of nonsuits in favor of the defendants F. Ray Haskett, Jr., and Huntington Developers and the granting of a directed verdict in favor of the defendant Haskett Realty, Inc. We affirm.

In Lane v. Trenholm Building Company, 267 S. C. 497, 229 S. E. (2d) 728 (1976), our Supreme Court held that when a new house is sold, the vendor impliedly warrants the house is free from latent defects which would…