Vetor v. Shockey
Indiana Court of Appeals
414 N.E.2d 575 (1980)
Relevant factsFree
Thomas Vetor (defendant) sold a house he'd lived in for four years to Judy and Richard Shockey (plaintiffs), warranting that the property had a working septic system, though the system actually needed roughly $1,000 in repairs. The Shockeys sued Vetor for breach of an implied warranty of habitability, and the trial court ruled in their favor; Vetor appealed.
IssueFree
Whether the sale of a used home by an owner who did not build the home comes with an implied warranty of habitability.
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