Legal Opinion
Laabs v. Chicago Title Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1976No. 568 (1974)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConnor T. Hansen, J.
This litigation arises from a dispute as to the scope of coverage provided by a policy of title insurance issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company (hereinafter company) to Theodore F. and Selma Laabs (hereinafter insured). Laabs and McKenzies owned adjoining parcels of real estate. The company had issued a policy of title insurance to both property owners. The two properties are described by metes and bounds and it appears the descriptions overlap. The property described in Laabs’ deed is located partially in government lots four and five. It also appears that the scrivner who prepared the…
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- Hansen v. Western Title InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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