Kenerson v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

The plaintiff alleges that the defendant was employed by plaintiff’s assignor to search a title on certain premises and that thereafter it made and delivered a certificate that a good and marketable title thereto could be conveyed free and clear of all incumbrances and defects, and the plaintiff’s assignor, relying upon the certificate, accepted a conveyance free and clear of all notices of violations of law, or orders issued by any of the municipal departments of the city of New York; that in fact there existed at that time an order of the fire department requiring the installation of a wet…