Tuscon Title Insurance Company v. D'Ascoli

BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is taken from a jury verdict awarding $6,620 to plaintiffs, appellees, in their action against appellant title company, hereafter referred to as defendant.

Plaintiffs sued for damages alleged to have resulted from the wrongful disbursement of funds deposited by them in escrow with the defendant. They claimed that defendant failed to adhere to instructions in several respects, in violation of its duty as escrow agent.

Defendant appeals the refusal of the lower court to direct a verdict at each ■successive stage of the trial, as well as the refusal to grant…