Kirby v. Chester

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• concluding that closing attorney owed duty to nonclient lender that relied on attorney’s title certification to loan money
• lender was third-party beneficiary of contract between attorney and borrower whereby attorney certified borrower’s title to land which was to secure the loan
• lender was third-party beneficiary of contract between attorney and borrower whereby attorney certified borrower's title to land which was to secure the loan
• lender was third-party beneficiary of contract between attorney and borrower whereby attorney certified borrower’s title to land which was to secure the loan
• borrower hired attorney to provide lender with certification that the borrower had valid title and that lender’s lien would be first priority; lender could sue for malpractice because agreement was intended for lender’s benefit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).