Tumwater State Bank v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company appeals the trial court's award of judgment to Turn-water State Bank, allowing recovery under a title insurance policy. On appeal, two issues are raised. First, whether by an earlier awareness of a then existing lien, the insured has assumed or agreed to that lien which was not specifically excepted from coverage by the title insurance policy; second, whether a mistake in failing to exclude from coverage a recorded lien, of which the insured at an earlier time had been aware, justified reformation of a title insurance policy. *168We find no error and,…