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HOUSTON TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY v. FONTENOT

No. 13186.

339 S.W.2d 347 (1960)

HOUSTON TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Euel B. FONTENOT et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

On Filing of Remittitur October 20, 1960.

Rehearings Denied October 27, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeLange, Hudspeth & Pitman, C. M. Hudspeth, Sam W. Mintz, Houston, for appellant.

Fountain, Cox, Gaines & Fox, Joyce Cox, Houston, Brantly Harris, Houston, of counsel, for appellees.

WERLEIN, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellees, Euel B. Fontenot, and wife, against appellant, Houston Title Guaranty Company, on an owner's title insurance policy to recover attorney's fees and expenses which they alleged they were required to expend in defending a former boundary suit, Collis v. Fontenot, because of appellant's breach of its covenant in said policy to defend them as the insured in such suit. In a trial before the court, without a jury, judgment...

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