Case Name: Frantiska Hermes, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., of Anton Hermes, Deceased, and Antonia Stolba, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-06-30
Citations: 257 A.D. 1007
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frantiska Hermes, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., of Anton Hermes, Deceased, and Antonia Stolba, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 1007–1008

Head Matter:
Frantiska Hermes, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., of Anton Hermes, Deceased, and Antonia Stolba, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Action to recover (1) damages sustained by plaintiffs by reason of the negligence of the defendant, a title company, in failing to obtain for them a valid first mortgage lien on real estate, and (2) damages for breach of a policy of title insurance issued by the defendant to plaintiffs. The second cause of action was dismissed. The plaintiff recovered judgment, entered upon a verdict in which the jury answered a special question submitted to it. Prom the judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, entered upon the first cause of action, the defendant appeals. Judgment, in so far as appealed from, affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell and Taylor, JJ., concur; Hagarty and Adel, JJ., dissent and, in so far as the judgment is in favor of plaintiffs, vote to reverse on the law and dismiss the complaint, on the ground that defendant's negligence, if any, resulted in no damage to plaintiffs.