CLEMENTS v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TITLE INS.

1911230.

612 So.2d 1172 (1992)

Miles T. CLEMENTS, Jr., and Mary S. Clements v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY and Richard Chesnut.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gonce of Gonce, Young & Westbrook, Florence, for appellants.

Aubrey O. Lammons of Lammons and Bell, Huntsville, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The basic issue is whether a title insurance company was liable under the terms of a title policy to pay for mechanics' and materialmen's liens filed after the closing of the loan relating to the purchase of a home, when the policy language specifically excluded from coverage "any lien, or right to a lien, for services, labor or material heretofore or hereafter furnished, imposed by law and not shown by the public records."

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