William H. Gleason v. The Title Guarantee Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

On the original hearing this Court affirmed a judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of The Title Guarantee Company against William H. Gleason, a title examining attorney, for damages sustained when various mortgages guaranteed as first mortgages on Gleason’s certification of clear title, proved to be subordinate to other mortgages.

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The appellant contends that since the evidence before the district court on the hearing for summary judgment was substantially the same as the evidence on which the directed verdict was granted, the motion for a directed verdict should…