Clairton Corp. v. Chicago Title Insurance

HESTER, Judge:

Clairton Corporation appeals from the judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on April 6, 1994, after a nonjury trial resulted in, inter alia, the rejection of a claim premised upon a title insurance policy which had been issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company (“Chicago Title”). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The facts and procedural history of this case may be summarized as follows. On October 25, 1956, John S. Roth and his wife, Ruth, agreed to lease Elmer J. Jonnet, Jr., nearly two and one-half acres of land along the William Penn…