SECURITY TITLE & TRUST v. TOWER LAND & INV. CO.

No. 19389.

560 S.W.2d 208 (1977)

SECURITY TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, Appellant, v. TOWER LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

December 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Drake, Brady, Drake & Wilson, Dallas, for appellant.

H. Dee Johnson, Jr., Johnson & Cravens, Dallas, for appellee.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

The party insured by a contract of title insurance brought this suit against the insurer for expenses incurred in defending a suit for an undivided interest in the property covered by the contract. The insurer had refused to defend the earlier suit on the ground that it was a type of suit excluded from coverage by the terms of the contract. In the cause now on appeal, the trial court, sitting without a jury, rendered judgment for the insured...

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