Petrol Properties, Inc. v. Stewart Title Co.

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Petrol Properties, Inc., (“Petrol”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment in favor of Stewart Title Company, d/b/a Stewart Title Guaranty Company (“Stewart Title”) and Lincoln Land Title Company (“Lincoln”) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”), in its suit to quiet title to certain real estate and for negligent title examination. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This dispute primarily concerns the validity of a deed of trust, currently held by Stewart Title, to a ten-acre tract of land 1 (“ten-acre tract”). Initially, Petrol 2 possessed exclusive title…