Legal Opinion
Collins v. Pioneer Title Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1980No. Nos. 78-1100, 78-1101PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEIKENS, District Judge.
This is an appeal of a judgment based on a jury’s verdict finding Pioneer National Title Insurance Co. (“Pioneer”) liable on a policy of title insurance and finding attorney William M. Abies, Jr. (“Abies”) liable for negligence. Pioneer also appeals the judgment based on the jury’s verdict denying damages on its cross-claim against Abies.
The case has a lengthy history. In October, 1971, Palmer W. Collins (“Collins”),1 a Florida attorney, secured an option to purchase a tract of land in Tennessee’s Sequatchie County. The option contract, after extensions, expired on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Castleman Construction Company v. PenningtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- Mutual Life Ins. v. DibrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- C. F. Simmons Medicine Co. v. Mansfield Drug Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1893
- Freeman v. Citizens' Nat. BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Palmer W. Collins and H. L. Clark, Iii, and William M. Ables, Jr. v. Pioneer Title Insurance Co., Palmer W. Collins and H. L. Clark, III v. Pioneer National Title Insurance Co., and William M. Ables, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Nappen v. BlanchardNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1986