Court Opinion

ID: 9847246
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:56:33.529043+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:04.273132
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Deen, Judge,
concurring specially. It appears regrettable to the writer that this court, in these cases and others cited therein, and by overruling language in Kuhr Bros. v. Spahos, 89 Ga. App. 885 (81 SE2d 491) and Bray v. Cross, 98 Ga. App. 612 (106 SE2d 315), has revived the ancient doctrine in all its viciousness, disregarding the rulings of a number of jurisdictions in similar fact situations that where the defect is latent and the vendee could not reasonably have discovered it his action will not be barred because "the common law as a vehicle of justice suffers no loss of power *512through continued use and application. It possesses an infinite capacity to grow, to keep abreast of current requirements, and to be alert to changing needs and mores.” Vernali v. Centrella, 28 Conn. Sup. 476 (266 A2d 200). Accord, Schipper v. Levitt & Sons, 44 N. J. 70, 90 (207 A2d 314) ("The law should be based on current concepts of what is right and just and the judiciary should be alert to the never-ending need for keeping its common law principles abreast of the times”), and see Caparrelli v. Rolling Greens, Inc., 39 N. J. 585 (190 A2d 369); 25 ALR3d Anno., pp. 383 et seq., 391: (". . . the decided trend of modern decisions is to make a distinction with respect to a vendor who is also the builder of a new structure, and ... he is today, by the weight of modern authority, held liable for damages and injuries occurring after the surrender of title and possession” on various theories elucidated therein.)