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Hidden Risks In Real Estate Title Transactions, Sherman Hollander

Cleveland State Law Review

No amount of care can avoid certain of the title hazards which a real estate transaction may encounter. The most careful attorney can do little or nothing, in such situations, to sidestep the pitfalls. In at least some such cases the legislature could provide relief by reducing the risk to innocent parties. To do so requires perceptive review of some timehonored concepts. A number of types of other problems exist where a careful attorney may reduce the risk faced by his client. Even here perhaps the legislature could consider statutory improvements. It would be more fair and equitable if extraordinary …