Bragman v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

This is a suit on a policy of title insurance, which is now ripe for disposition on cross-motions for summary judgment. The parties have agreed to the essential facts and, after submission of exceptionally able briefs and oral argument, have left for our determination a most difficult case which turns on application of somewhat obscure principles of Pennsylvania real estate tax law.

The case is founded upon our diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiff, Clifford I. Bragman, a resident and citizen of Wisconsin, purchased real…