Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Trust Co. Bank of Middle Georgia, N.A.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1995No. A95A1614 and A95A1615PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
Trust Company Bank of Middle Georgia, N.A. (“the bank”) filed a legal malpractice action against attorney J. Wayne Crowley after Crowley erroneously certified title to a parcel of real property (“the parcel”) that Patrick R. Cramer pledged as collateral for an $86,442.98 loan. The bank alleged that the collateral failed because Cramer does not own the parcel; that both Cramer and his guarantor, Steve Luce, have refused to pay the loan and that Crowley’s substandard legal services, along with the fact that the bank “has been unsuccessful in collecting from Patrick R.…
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