Month: February 2024
Federal court in Maryland confirms “unmarketable” relates to title, not property.
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland recently dismissed a title policy holder’s claim regarding an allegedly unmarketable title and provided especially useful language to the industry. In Kiritsis v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., the court confirmed that “unmarketable” as used in the policy was not ambiguous and that the term ... Read More
Court of Appeals of Virginia opens door to second round of easement litigation
The Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed the denial of an implied easement absent evidence of its location but may have encouraged the parties to further litigate the issue. In Morris v. Parker, the central issue initially before the trial court was whether the Morrises had established an implied easement to use a platted ... Read More
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