Walker Rogge, Inc. v. Chelsea Title & Guaranty Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

This case focuses on the respective liabilities of two land surveyors and a title insurance company for a. deficiency in acreage when the insured purchaser acquires all the land described in the contract of purchase, but the land so described contains less acreage than the insured contemplated.

The matter proceeded in the Law Division as a non-jury trial. Because of the absence of expert testimony establishing the relevant standard of care, the court dismissed at the close of plaintiffs case the negligence claim against the surveyors, Arthur…