Biakanja v. Irving

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• holding that a decedent’s intended beneficiary had a special relationship with the notary public who had prepared a defective will
• holding defendant notary public liable to will beneficiary for negligent supervision of will’s attestation
• notaries public whose negligence caused out-of-privity mortgagee and intended beneficiary of will, respectively, to be deprived of expected proceeds held liable
• notary public who failed to secure valid witnesses to signature of will held liable to intended beneficiary who was deprived of proceeds of will
• notary public who failed to secure valid, witnesses to signature of will held liable to intended beneficiary who was deprived of proceeds of will
• defendant notary public held liable to an intended beneficiary of testator's will after the will, which he had prepared, was denied probate because of his negligent failure to have it properly attested

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).