Opinion ID: 1145227
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Heading: transamerica's liability

Text: In count I of the complaint, Transamerica sought a declaration absolving it of liability to the Peases under its title insurance policy. The superior court, following Hahn v. Alaska Title Guaranty Co., 557 P.2d 143 (Alaska 1976), found Transamerica conditionally liable to the Peases for the value of the 17 foot strip arising from DO 2665. In Hahn we held that the publication of a public land order, there PLO 601, in the Federal Register imparted constructive notice of the order as to the land it effected. Under the terms of the title policy there involved, the title insurance company was found to be liable. Id. at 146. We agree that Hahn is squarely controlling. Transamerica, however, contends that Hahn should be overruled. We have considered Transamerica's arguments in support of this position and we are not persuaded that Hahn is unsound in any respect. We therefore decline to overrule it. Thus, Transamerica is liable under its policy to the Peases. Paragraph 4 of the declaratory judgment so far as it relates to Transamerica's liability to the Peases is affirmed.