First American Title Insurance Co. v. Adams

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an action for breach of contract involving title insurance policies. Appel-lees, John Adams, Jr., and other property owners, sued appellant, First American Title Insurance Company, an insurance underwriter. They alleged that a spoil disposal and right-of-way easement which the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District conveyed to the United States in 1947 was an encumbrance on their property and that First American did not except to this easement in their title policies. The case was presented to the jury on issues of breach of contract and damages. The jury found…