· 6/30/1997
First Federal Savings Bank of Wabash v. United States
Citations
- 118 F.3d 532
- 80 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5145
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16104
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- refusing to apply subrogation under Indiana law where subrogation would benefit a negligent title insurer that had not discovered a federal tax lien on behalf of the insured, which was a sophisticated mortgage lender
- refusing to apply subrogation under Indiana law where subrogation would benefit a negligent title insurer that had not discovered a federal tax lien on behalf of the insured, which was a sophisticated mortgage lender
- existence of title insurance a controlling factor when weighing equities in a commercial transaction: \[elither they insure or they don't. It is not the province of the court to relieve a title insurance company of its contractual obligation\
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Judges: Cummings, Flaum, Evans
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