LAWSON v. COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE INS. CO.

No. 916, September Term, 1986.

69 Md. App. 476 (1986)

518 A.2d 174

DAVID R. LAWSON v. COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

As Corrected February 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Sheehan (John G. Gill, Jr. and Gill & Sippel, on the brief), Rockville, for appellant.

Richard Ross (E. Joseph Fitzpatrick, Jr. and Ward & Klein, on the brief), Gaithersburg, for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, WEANT and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

There are two questions presented in this appeal: will an action in trover lie to recover a debt arising from an overpayment of money and, if so, when does that action accrue for purposes of the statute of limitations?

The relevant facts are as follows.

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (Commonwealth) is a sophisticated national company that is in the business of selling title insurance and handling real estate and refinancing...

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