Howe v. City Title Insurance

Defendant City Title Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of $6,250, plus interest, recovered by plaintiff John R. Howe in a negligence action. The negligence consisted of the failure of defendant to record a request for notice of default and sale under a trust deed as authorized by Civil Code section 2924b. As a result, plaintiff, holder of a junior trust deed on real property, was denied an opportunity to cure a default (as permitted by Civ. Code, § 2924c) under a superior trust deed. The real property was sold December 6, 1962 under a power of sale of the prior instrument, thus wiping…