Lawyers Title Insurance v. Dearborn Title Corp.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a diversity suit governed by Illinois law presents difficult questions concerning appellate jurisdiction, the common law of restitution, and statutes of limitations. Lawyers Title, the plaintiff, is a title insurer. Dear-born Title, now defunct and, it appears, assetless, was an escrow and closing agent and also served as Lawyers’ agent for the issuance of title insurance policies in Illinois. Lawyers Title sued Dearborn to recover money that Lawyers had paid to its insureds who had incurred losses as a result of Dear-born’s…