Legal Opinion

Citicorp Savings of Illinois v. Stewart Title Guaranty Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 22, 1988No. 87-1225PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

in May 1979, James D. Haggerty & Co. sold some real estate to Charles Robinson. The parties executed a mortgage securing *528a note for the bulk of the purchase price. Defendant Stewart Title Guaranty Company (“Stewart Title”) issued an insurance policy to Haggerty, insuring against loss sustained due to “[t]he invalidity or unen-forceability of the lien of the insured mortgage upon said estate_” Supplementary Appendix of Appellee at 4 (hereinafter “Appendix”).1 Haggerty immediately assigned the mortgage and note to a predecessor of plaintiff, Citicorp Savings of Illinois,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States Fire Insurance v. SchnackenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  2. National Fidelity Life Insurance Co. v. Joan KaraganisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  3. McLaughlin v. Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  4. Brandt v. PhippsIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Jordan v. KirkpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  2. First American Title Insurance v. Johnson BankArizona Supreme Court · 2016
  3. Alpine State Bank v. Ohio Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  4. First American Bank v. First American Transportation Title InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  5. Lawyers Title Ins. Co., Inc. v. Novastar Mortg., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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