Legal Opinion

Universal Title Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1991No. 89-5330PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in favor of Universal Title Insurance Company (“Universal”), finding that Universal was entitled to be equitably subrogated to the rights of lienholders who were senior to a federal tax lien, which the insurer failed to discover in performing a title search incident to issuing two insurance policies. Universal Title Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 3-87-835 (D.Minn. Apr. 26, 1989) (Universal Title). For reversal, the government argues that the…

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