SMIRLOCK REALTY v. TITLE GUAR


52 N.Y.2d 179 (1981)

L. Smirlock Realty Corp., Appellant, v. Title Guarantee Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey G. Stark and J. Irwin Shapiro for appellant.

John J. Boyle and Michael Permut for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge MEYER taking no part.


JASEN, J.

This appeal presents a question of first impression for our court. At issue is whether a policy of title insurance will be rendered void pursuant to a standard misrepresentation clause found therein as a result of the insured's failure to disclose a material fact which was a matter of public record at the time the policy was issued.

In November, 1967, the Town of Hempstead condemned and thereby...

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