Borne v. Robert P. Hyams Coal Co.

This is a suit for $380 damages for slander of title.

Plaintiff avers that he purchased from Fidelity Homestead Association on January 24, 1924, a certain lot of ground in this city, entirely clear of all liens against vendor, as shown by mortgage certificate attached to act of purchase; long after said purchase defendant, without any notice whatever, illegally caused, on July 3, 1925, the filing of an affidavit of a claim for $660.08, for material furnished to a party unknown to plaintiff, in the Mortgage Office of this city, thereby creating a cloud on plaintiff’s title; 'that during May…