Legal Opinion
Motley v. Equity Title Co. (In Re Motley)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided October 5, 2001No. Bankruptcy No. LA 98-53444-SB. Adversary No. LA 99-03021-SBPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS
SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
This case involves a deposit that the debtors made with a title insurance company to induce the insurer to issue a title insurance policy. The title insurance was issued for real estate that the debtors sold after receiving a chapter 7 discharge, and the deposit was made to avert an exception in the title insurance policy for a post-discharge state court judgment based on the debtors’ prepetition guarantee of a corporate debt. The debtors now seek a refund of the deposit.
Even though the title…
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