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- Title: Brown v. St. Paul Title Insurance Corp.
- Author : Eighth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 18, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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St. Paul Title Insurance Corporation, appellant/cross-appellee herein, appeals from the judgment of the district court1 holding that St. Paul breached its policy of title insurance in refusing to defend or discharge certain mechanic's liens having priority over the insured's mortgage. William Brown, trustee in bankruptcy and plaintiff below, cross-appeals, contending that the trial court erred in refusing to award plaintiff statutory penalties and attorney's fees under Missouri's ""vexatious refusal to pay"" statute.2 For reasons stated below, we find that St. Paul's refusal to defend or discharge the liens in question did not constitute a breach of its title insurance policy and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the district court. In so holding, plaintiff's claim for statutory penalties and attorney's fees becomes moot. I.
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