Bush v. Coult

HALL, Justice:

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (hereinafter “Commonwealth”) appeals from a judgment in favor of the Lockhart Company (hereinafter “Lock-hart”) for losses incurred due to a title defect in real property insured under a title policy issued by Commonwealth.

The original plaintiff in this case, Gus-tave E. Bush (hereinafter “Bush”), filed suit against defendant Mickey M. Coult (hereinafter “Coult”), and others, including Lock-hart. Bush was successful in proving the deed of conveyance to Coult was a forgery, and thus quieted the title to the land in question.

Lockhart had…