Henkels v. Philadelphia Title Insurance

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia to enter judgment non obstante veredicto after the court sitting without a jury found in favor of the plaintiff in an action of assumpsit in the amount of $713.98.

There is no dispute over the relevant facts which are as follows:

In November of 1948 the plaintiffs employed the defendant title insurance company to examine and search the title and arranged for final settlement and conveyance of a certain specifically described plot of ground which they intended to purchase from Cecil G. Cadman and…