Driebe v. Cox

Pope, Judge.

This appeal involves a claim by a seller of real estate against the buyer’s closing attorney and his law firm for the closing attorney’s alleged negligence in drafting the warranty deed from seller to buyer. Appellee Richard J. Cox entered into a contract to sell Rotomco, Inc., certain real estate located in Newton County. Rotomco employed appellant Charles J. Driebe and his firm Driebe & Driebe, P.C. to close the sale. Relying on a survey prepared by East Metro Surveyors, Inc., who are also third-party defendants below, Driebe prepared a warranty deed wherein Cox purported to…