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BRENNER v. LAWYERS TITLE INS. CORP.

Record No. 891441.

397 S.E.2d 100 (1990)

Janet Maybin BRENNER v. LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Etherington (Beale, Wright, Balfour & Davidson, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert W. Wooldridge, Jr., McLean (Frederick H. Kruck, Jr., Springfield, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, McLean, Matricardi & Kruck, Springfield, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and WHITING, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice, and COCHRAN, Retired Justice.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this action brought on a title insurance policy, the dispositive question is whether the insurer violated its contractual duty to defend suits founded upon alleged defects, liens, or encumbrances insured against by the policy.

In 1966, appellant Janet Maybin Brenner, then Janet Maybin Jonas, purchased property in the City of Alexandria described as Parts of Villa Site "A" and Lot 28, Block 23, Section 4 of the Rosemont subdivision. The...

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