CORCORAN v. ABSTRACT CO.

[No. 289, September Term, 1957.]

217 Md. 633 (1958)

143 A.2d 808

CORCORAN ET UX. v. ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed August 15, 1958.

Denied September 16, 1958.

Dissenting opinion filed July 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. McNamee, with whom were W. Carroll Beatty and Beatty & McNamee on the brief, for appellants.

Henry A. Babcock, with whom were Walter L. Green and Green & Babcock on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellants agreed to purchase from George O. King and Esther J. King, his wife, a parcel of land in Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, and employed the appellee to examine the title for them. In due course a certificate of title was executed and delivered to the appellants by the title company. It certified that "the title to the above described real estate is considered good in fee simple", with certain...

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