Durham v. Ware

Shulman, Judge.

Upon discovering that the vendor did not have title to a portion of a tract of land purchased by appellant, appellant brought this action against his lawyer (and his lawyer’s partners), alleging that the lawyer negligently *702certified as marketable the title to the land which appellant purchased. The recovery sought was the sums "invested” in the property. This appeal is from the grant of partial summary judgment to appellees, limiting any recovery to the relative value on the date of sale of any acreage proven by appellant to have been lost by reason of the alleged negligence of…