MacNerland v. Barnes

Quillian, Judge.

The appellants have brought a motion to retax a portion of the cost of the record on appeal to the appellee. In Smith v. Top Dollar Stores, 129 Ga. App. 60, we held that a motion of this nature is properly brought in the trial court. See Code Ann. § 6-805 (f) (Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 24).

As stated in the brief of the plaintiffs, the basic question presented by the instant appeal is whether an accountant, as a matter of law, is liable for negligence in the preparation and issuance of an uncertified financial statement to parties not in privity but whose reliance is known to or…