Hawkins v. Oakland Title Insurance & Guaranty Co.

ST. CLAIR, J. pro tem. *

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered after the sustaining of a demurrer to their complaint without leave to amend.

Statement of the Case

The first cause of action in the complaint alleged that in 1943 plaintiffs Hawkins purchased certain real property in Berkeley for $13,000 and that concurrently with the purchase of the property plaintiffs paid defendant for a title insurance policy for that amount on the property.

On November 6, 1953, plaintiffs Hawkins transferred the property to plaintiff Bayshore Investment Corporation in return for shares of capital stock of…