Court Opinion

ID: 9726550
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:56:48.389475+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:28.369072
License: Public Domain

BBYANT, J., specially concurs: I reluctantly concur. It is obvious to me that the contract here was induced by a showing of the model home, which did include the extra rail, and not by any inspection, exhibition or explanation of the plans and specifications filed at the Veterans Administration. Such divergence between the inducement and the contract should not be condoned. That the defendant, in constructing all the other homes by the plans in that area, included the extra handrail, indicated its necessity as a safety device for families with children, regardless of whether the Veterans Administration had incorporated it in the plans and specifications, is quite clear. However, I must agree that the absence of the additional handrail on the stairs is not a latent defect. It was open and exposed to any person’s vision who used his eyes. I must also agree that the contract which the plaintiff’s parents signed incorporated by reference the plans and specifications of materials filed at the Veterans Administration, which did not include the furnishing of the additional handrail, and that the signing of that written contract merged all the preliminary negotiations in regard thereto. The house had been accepted by the plaintiff’s parents and was under their possession and control. I cannot, therefore, see how there is any liability on the defendant which would make it responsible for the injury to plaintiff.