SOUTHERN TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY v. Prendergast

478 S.W.2d 806 (1972)

SOUTHERN TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY, Inc., Appellant,

v.

Vincent PRENDERGAST et ux., Appellees.

No. 577.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

February 23, 1972.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1972.

Second Rehearing Denied April 12, 1972.

Joel W. Cook, Schlanger, Cook & Cohn, Houston, for appellant.

Larry F. York, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellees.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

On February 17, 1964, the appellant, Southern Title Guaranty Company, Inc. issued to appellees, Vincent Prendergast and wife, Leola Prendergast, a policy of title insurance covering a 22 acre tract of…