FLORIDA SO. ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. v. BJELLOS

No. 76-1578.

346 So.2d 635 (1977)

FLORIDA SOUTHERN ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Peter S. BJELLOS and Wife, Violet L. Bjellos, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ritter, Winter Haven, and A.H. Lane, Lane, Massey, Trohn, Clarke, Vertrand & Smith, P.A., Bartow, for appellant.

Joe L. Sharit, Jr., Straughn, Sharit, Bunn & Chilton, P.A., Winter Haven, for appellees.


GRIMES, Judge.

This case involves the legal responsibility of a title insurance company when it acts in the capacity as a closing agent.

The appellees entered into a written contract to purchase a house from the Coles. The contract was prepared by a real estate broker who was to obtain his commission from the Coles. The contract provided that the appellees would pay for title insurance and also contained the statement "subject to negative termite inspection...

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