Hopmeier v. First American Title Insurance Co. of Mid-West

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, W.F. Samuel and Patricia Hopmeier, appeal an order of summary judgment entered in favor of respondents, First American Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company of Mid-West, in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. We affirm.

In February, 1980, appellants purchased a parcel of real estate located at 1209 South Brentwood Blvd. Contemporaneously therewith, appellants entered into a contract to guarantee title with St. Paul Title Insurance Company. Appellants closed on the property on May 9, 1980.

Almost six years later,…