Court Opinion

ID: 9693358
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:38:37.853468+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:45.500344
License: Public Domain

MORGAN, Justice
(concurring in result).
I concur in the result. The ambiguity on time of delivery of the warranty deed renders the specific provision, “time is of the essence,” nugatory. The appellees at all times showed themselves amenable to clearing up any objections by the appellant and did in fact do so.
I leave the author when he suggests that a buyer can be stuck with “a pig in a poke” when the purchase agreement, which is signed before any title search is made, makes the sale subject to “conditions, restrictions, and easements of record, if any ... . ” This position is antipodal to the language requiring appellant to furnish title insurance covering a good and merchantable title of record, “free and clear of all encumbrances unless otherwise agreed to herein.” “Encumbrance” includes an easement or right-of-way. Black’s Law Dictionary Revised 4th ed., page 908.