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<br />Polley 90 -Texas Form T • Rev. 1 - 76 Owners Policy -Form prescribed by State Board of Insurance of Texas
<br />035-0-090-4220/1
<br />OWNER POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE
<br />Lawyers Ttle jnsurance Corporation
<br />A Stock Company
<br />Home Office ~ Richmond .Virginia
<br />LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation, hereinafter called the Company,
<br />for value does hereby guarantee to the herein named Insured, the heirs, devisees, executors and ad-
<br />ministrators of the Insured, or if a corporation, its successors by dissolution, merger or consolidation,
<br />that as of the dote hereof, the Insured has good and indefeasible title to the estate or interest in the
<br />land described or referred to in this policy.
<br />The Company shall not be liable in a greater amount than the actual monetary loss of the Insured,
<br />and in no event shall the Company be liable for more than the amount shown in Schedule A hereof,
<br />and shall, except as hereinafter stated, qt its own cost defend the Insured in every action or proceed-
<br />ing on any claim against, or right to the estate or interest in the land, or any port thereoF, adverse to
<br />the title to the estate or interest in the land as hereby guaranteed, but the Company shall not be re-
<br />quired to defend against any claims based upon matters in any manner excepted under this policy by
<br />the exceptions in Schedule B hereof or excluded by Paragraph 2, "Exclusions from Coverage of this
<br />Policy", of the Conditions and Stipulations hereof. The party or parties entitled to such defense shall
<br />within a reasonable time after the commencement of such action or proceeding, and in ample time for
<br />defense therein, give the Company written notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding, and
<br />authority to defend. The Company shall not be liable until such adverse interest, claim, or right shall
<br />have been held valid by a court of last resort to which either litigant may apply, and if such adverse
<br />interest, claim, or right so established shall be for less than the whole of the estate or interest in the
<br />land, then the liability of the Company shall be only such part of the whole liability limited above as
<br />shall bear the same ratio to the whole liability that the adverse interest, claim, or right established
<br />may bear to the whole estate or interest in the land, such ratio to be based on respective values de-
<br />terminable as of the date of this policy. In the absence of notice as aforesaid, the Company is relieved
<br />from all liability with respect to any such interest, claim or right; provided, however, that failure to
<br />notiFy shall not prejudice the rights of the Insured if such Insured shall not be a party to such action
<br />or proceeding, nor.be served. with process therein, nor have any knowledge thereof, nor in any case,
<br />unless the Company shall be actually prejudiced by such failure.
<br />Upon sale of the estate or interest in the land, this policy automatically thereupon shall become a
<br />warrantor's policy and the Insured, the heirs, devisees, executors and administrators of the Insured,
<br />or if a corporation, its successors by dissolution, merger or consolidation, shall for a period of twenty-
<br />five years from date hereof remain fully protected according to the terms hereof, by reason of the
<br />payment •of••fsny loss he, they or it may sustain on account of any warranty of title contained in the
<br />transfer or conveyance executed by the Insured conveying the estate or interest in the land. The Com-
<br />pany shall be liable under said warranty only by reason of defects, liens or encumbrances existing prior
<br />to or at the date hereof and not excluded either by the exceptions or by the Conditions and Stipulations
<br />hereof; such liability not to exceed the amount of this, policy.
<br />IN WITNESS HEREOF, tf>e LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORPORATION has caused this policy to be
<br />executed by its President under the seal of the Company, but this policy into be valid only when it
<br />bears an authorized countersignature, as of the date set forth in Schedule A. •
<br />Lawyers Ttlc Insurance Corporation
<br />President.
<br />Attest:
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<br />Secretary
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