Kirby v. Chester

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Whitehead v. Cuffie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-12-03· cited 38×
• Credit Union Central Falls v. Groff
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-03-27· cited 36×
• Rhone v. Bolden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-12· cited 31×
• Home Insurance v. Wynn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-06· cited 30×
• FPI Atlanta, L.P. v. Seaton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-03· cited 27×
• Driebe v. Cox
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-31· cited 17×
• Legacy Homes, Inc. v. Cole
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-07-15· cited 17×
• All Business Corp. v. Choi
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-08· cited 16×
• Dingle v. Dellinger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-07· cited 15×
• MacOmber v. First Union National Bank of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 14×
• GARDNER & WHITE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-08-09· cited 9×
• Farmers State Bank v. Huguenin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-14· cited 8×
• Loftin v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-10· cited 8×
• Spence v. Hilliard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-02-12· cited 8×
• In Re Infocure Securities Litigation
  N.D. Georgia· 2002-07-17· cited 6×
• Old Republic National Title Insurance Co. v. Attorney Title Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-12· cited 3×
• Agapitos v. PCM Investment Co.
  M.D. Georgia· 1992-12-08· cited 3×
• In Re Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg
  S.D. New York· 1994-07-15· cited 3×
• Young v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-04-17· cited 2×
• Presidential Financial Corp. v. Snead (In Re Snead)
  N.D. Georgia· 1999-02-18· cited 1×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hughes v. Malone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-05-03· cited 106×
• Hamilton v. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-02· cited 92×
• Jankowski v. Taylor, Bishop & Lee
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-25· cited 85×
• Backus v. Chilivis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-03-11· cited 81×
• Thompson v. Maslia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-11-21· cited 63×
• Hamilton v. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-06-23· cited 61×
• Lawall v. Groman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1897-04-12· cited 59×
• Tony v. Pollard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-08· cited 51×
• Kennedy v. Gwinnett Commercial Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-15· cited 49×
• First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Kunes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-09-06· cited 46×
• Simmerson v. Blanks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-03-08· cited 30×
• Taylor v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-05-28· cited 29×
• Kellos v. Sawilowsky
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-19· cited 25×
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. A. M. Pullen & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-03-17· cited 22×
• Stuart v. Berry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-02-20· cited 20×
• Ware v. Durham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-06-25· cited 12×
• Alston v. Stubbs
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-03-07· cited 8×
• Orr v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1957-03-15· cited 7×
• Pico, Inc. v. Mickel
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-04-29· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Barrett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-04-20· cited 4×