CHARNEY v. COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE INS. CO.


215 A.D.2d 152 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 911

Leon H. Charney, Appellant, v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 4, 1995


Plaintiff mortgagee may not recover damages under a mortgage insurance policy where the conditions precedent to coverage have not been met. Here, plaintiff was eventually restored to his original status as first mortgagee. There was no aborted foreclosure sale of the premises accompanied by court order that title was defective or unmarketable. The policy specifically states that these latter conditions must be met prior to any right of recovery under the policy. The claim...

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