Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. HOME OWNERS WARRANTY COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA, INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 7, 1983No. 66870PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Wiggins brought this action against the Home Owners Warranty Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (HOW), alleging that HOW was liable under a warranty it had issued against defects in the construction of Wiggins’s home. At the close of Wiggins’s evidence at trial, the trial court directed a verdict for HOW, and Wiggins appeals.
On November 22,1977, the appellant entered a sales contract for the construction of a house, with Lamar Tatum as the builder. No one signed that agreement on behalf of HOW, and the contract contained no reference to any HOW warranty against…
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