JEFFERSON FEDERAL S & L v. BERKS TITLE

No. 82-521.

472 A.2d 893 (1984)

JEFFERSON FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. BERKS TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Bass, III, Washington, D.C., with whom E. Tillman Stirling, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

George F. Paxton, Bethesda, Md., for appellee.

Before KERN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant sued appellee for payment of a claim under a title insurance policy. The trial court, after a non-jury trial, entered judgment for appellee. We reverse.

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In 1976 Jerry Rosenberg obtained a loan from appellant, Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association. The loan was secured by a deed of trust on a parcel of real estate which Mr. Rosenberg had recently inherited from his father. The Riggs National Bank was named...

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