Enterprise Timber, Inc. v. Washington Title Insurance

This is an action to recover on a policy of title insurance issued by defendant, and for attorney’s fees. The $30,000 title policy insured a timber mortgage held by plaintiff against all loss caused by defects in the mortgagor’s title, except for defects arising from “rights or claims based upon instruments or upon facts not disclosed by the public records but of which rights, claims, instruments or facts the insured has knowledge.”

Plaintiff is one of a group of Washington corporations owned and controlled by Stanley B. Rose. A group of Oregon corporations are owned and controlled by Anthony…