Close v. Coates

WELCH, V. C. J.

Plaintiff alleged that defendants were engaged in the abstract business at the times involved; that two named persons purporting to be the owners of the mineral interests in and to certain lands, on the 7th day of January, 1935, conveyed their interests to J. H. Lieberman, Inc. That at the time of such sale they obtained, in lieu of an abstract and in lieu of an attorney’s opinion, a “Royalty Certificate,” and that such certificate is in effect and substance a legal opinion of title. A copy of same was attached to the petition.

Plaintiff further alleged that the defendants…