Skyline Builders, Inc. v. Kellar

WIEAND, J.,

If a lawyer who is employed to examine the title to real estate makes an erroneous report that title is good and marketable, when does the statute of limitations begin to run on his client’s cause of action? This is the question posed by motions for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendant, James G. Kellar, and additional defendant, Geza P. Bolez, Jr.

The pleadings establish that James G. Kellar, a member of the bar of Lehigh County and defendant in this action, was employed by Skyline Builders, Inc., plaintiff, to examine the title to a tract of real estate which Skyline…