BUZBEE v. FIDELITY NAT. BANK

No. CA 84 1442.

492 So.2d 15 (1986)

Billy Joe BUZBEE, et al. v. FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1986.

Writ Denied November 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Dale Powers, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Billy Joe Buzbee, Joan Brown Buzbee, Thomas Ray Engquist and Rubye Lee Johnson Engquist.

Bobby L. Forest and David French, Baton Rouge, for intervenors-appellants Charlie H. Pitcher, Margaret Preston Moore, Frank B. Preston, Jr., Alan Adair Wright and Walter Charles Wright.

Ralph E. Hood and Eric A. Kracht, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Fidelity Nat. Bank.

Michael Patterson, Baton Rouge, for third party defendant-appellant Jack G. Menzie.

Before LOTTINGER, COLE and CRAIN, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This appeal concerns the plaintiffs' claim of an unmerchantable title, which they attribute to the threat of litigation concerning the obligations of a developer who formerly owned the land.

Plaintiffs (Billy Joe and Joan Buzbee and Thomas Ray and Ruby Lee Engquist) sued their vendor, Fidelity National Bank, on a warranty of title claim. Fidelity named as third-party defendants the developer Jack Menzie and Menzie's vendee, Million Acre Corporation...

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