Legal Opinion
Shaver v. National Title & Abstract Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 24, 1962No. A-8977PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN, Justice.
This is a suit brought by petitioners as plaintiffs in a District Court of Dallas County, Texas, against the respondents, National Title & Abstract Company; Alamo Title Company; and also against Lone Star Gas Company, as defendants. Plaintiffs alleged that on April 1, 1948, they purchased a 2.35 acre tract of land and paid defendants to issue its policy of title insurance in plaintiff’s favor guaranteeing to plaintiffs that they were receiving a good and indefeasible title to the land; that plaintiffs paid defendants for these services and received a title insurance policy;…
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