HARMON v. ANGUS R. JESSUP ASSOCIATES, INC.


619 S.W.2d 522 (1981)

Martha HARMON et vir, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANGUS R. JESSUP ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Mrs. William A. JUSTICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANGUS R. JESSUP ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Conners, Jr., Ben L. Roskin and Barbara J. Moss, Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J.C. Dale, Jr., Nashville, for Angus R. Jessup Associates, Inc.

John S. Bryant, R. Dale Grimes, Nashville, for Electro Motion Refrigeration Co.

Thomas I. Carlton, William Prentice Cooper, Jr., Nashville, for Kennon Const. Co.

James L. Fuqua, Jr., Hendersonville, for Rohrback & Hill Plumbing-Heating and Air Conditioning Co.

John R. Reynolds, Nashville, for Davis S. Welch.

William C. Moody, Nashville, for Buchi Plumbing Co.

Sylvia Ford Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for intervenor-appellee.


OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

The only issue on appeal in these consolidated cases is the constitutionality of T.C.A. §§ 28-3-201 through 205, prohibiting suits against architects, engineers, contractors and others engaged in the construction of improvements to real property after the lapse of four years from substantial completion. The trial judge held that the statutes were valid. We affirm his decision.

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