A. E. Investment Corp. v. Link Builders, Inc.

The demurrer to the cause of action is based on the single ground that the facts stated therein are not sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The defendant defines the question raised on the demurrer as being whether the defendant had a “duty to protect the subtenant plaintiff’s future economic interests from loss allegedly resulting from a condition of the building.” It responds to that question only by attempting to show that an architect owes no duty to a person with whom he is not in privity of contract. As a consequence, the defendant relies on the narrow argument that it has no…