Legal Opinion
Robert v. Chicago Title Insurance
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 2014No. DA 13-0860PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH
¶1 Robert and Teresa James appeal from the District Court’s Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment entered October 18, 2013. We affirm.
¶2 We restate the issue for review: Whether the District Court properly granted summary judgment to Chicago Title Insurance Company on the Jameses’ claim, under a title insurance policy, that they lacked a right of access to their real property.
BACKGROUND
¶3 In 2006 the Jameses bought Lot 71 of Spring Creek Ranch, a rural subdivision in Lewis and Clark County that was platted in 1988. A County road known as Skelly Gulch Road passes near Lot 71, and a road…
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- Fisher v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2013
- Watson v. DundasMontana Supreme Court · 2006
- Davis v. HallMontana Supreme Court · 2012
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