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HOCKING v. TITLE INS. & TRUST CO.

Docket No. L.A. 21917.

37 Cal.2d 644 (1951)

234 P.2d 625

DOROTHY L. HOCKING, Appellant, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 10, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wing, Wing & Brown and Merrill Brown for Appellant.

Lawrence L. Otis, Gilbert E. Harris, James F. Healey, Jr., and Sarau, Adams, Neblett & Sarau for Respondents.

SCHAUER, J.

Plaintiff, in reliance on a policy of title insurance, seeks to recover from defendant title insurance companies for damages she claims to have sustained by reason of what is asserted to be a defect in the title to certain land purchased by her in the city of Palm Springs, county of Riverside. [1] Judgment on the pleadings was rendered in defendants' favor, and plaintiff appeals. The issue presented is whether plaintiff's complaint states...

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