In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Walter

Walter is guilty of taking an acknowledgment to a deed, as a notary public, when he never saw the grantor of the deed. The act was a violation of the statutes relating to the function of a notary public and was a misdemeanor. ORS 194.990.

The deed involved was one in which an office associate of Walter was the grantee. The sale of the land to Walter’s associate, for which the deed was given, became the subject of civil litigation. Vocu v. Eells, 1965, 240 Or 175, 400 P2d 516. Walter’s associate was accused of fraud in the transaction. However, it is not claimed that Walter had any part in or…