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NEELEY v. FIELDS

No. COA22-30.

879 S.E.2d 728 (2022)

2022-NCCOA-678

Richard L. NEELEY, Plaintiff, v. William C. FIELDS, Jr.; Willcox, McFadyen, Fields & Sutherland PLLC; Nancy Y. Wiggins, as the Executrix of the Estate of Richard M. Wiggins; Kenneth B. Dantinne; and McCoy Wiggins, PLLC, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed October 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens, Martin, Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC, by Michael J. Tadych , Hugh Stevens , and K. Matthew Vaughn , for plaintiff-appellant.

Pendergrass Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, by James K. Pendergrass, Jr. , for defendants-appellees William C. Fields, Jr., Raeford, and Willcox, McFadyen, Fields & Sutherland PLLC.

Alexander Ricks PLLC, by Amy P. Hunt , Charlotte, for defendants-appellees Nancy Y. Wiggins, as the Executrix of the Estate of Richard M. Wiggins, Fayetteville, Kenneth B. Dantinne, Fayetteville, and McCoy Wiggins PLLC.

¶ 1 Language excepting "covenants, easements, and restrictions of record" in the legal description of a deed is sufficient to except all easements that are a matter of public record and within the chain of title. The drafter of a general warranty deed does not commit legal malpractice in failing to include an exception to an...

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