Jones v. Grow Investment and Mortgage Company

11 Utah 2d 326 (1961)

358 P.2d 909

LARRY L. JONES AND DELLA MAE JONES, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS AND RESPONDENTS,

v.

GROW INVESTMENT AND MORTGAGE COMPANY, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

No. 9240.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 19, 1961.

Aldrich, Bullock & Nelson, Provo, for appellant.

Young, Young, & Sorensen, Provo, for respondents.

CALLISTER, Justice.

Action to recover damages for breach of covenant against encumbrances. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded judgment to the plaintiffs and defendant appeals.

Defendant conveyed to plaintiffs by a statutory form of warranty deed[1a] a residential lot…