Legal Opinion
Cale v. Transamerica Title Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1990No. C005350PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PUGLIA, P. J.
Plaintiff George G. Cale complained against defendant Transamerica Title Insurance (Transamerica) for “tortious breach of insurance contract” in refusing to indemnify him under a policy of title insurance. The trial court granted Transamerica’s motion for summary judgment. We shall affirm.
Cale loaned $8,000 to Stewart, Wolridge and Smith, the owners of a Sacramento townhouse (the property). The borrowers gave Cale their note for $8,000 secured by a second deed of trust on the townhouse which Cale recorded on March 3, 1987. Cale simultaneously purchased from Transamerica a…
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