Commonwealth Land Title Insurance v. Stephenson
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
The trial court entered summary judgment for defendants and substituted plaintiff Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Company”) appeals.
The original plaintiff (“insured-grantee”) who filed this action for breach of the warranty against encumbrances was the grantee of residential property and the insured in a title insurance policy issued by Company. Defendants are grantors of the property, and issued the deed containing the warranty against encumbrances to insured-grantee. The deed contained this covenant:
*124Grantor covenants with the Grantee, that Grantor is seized of the…
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