Minneapolis Street Railway Co. v. Hare

Appeal from an order denying appellant’s motion for judgment non obstante or a new trial.

The action was to recover damages against a notary and his surety, the appellant, resulting from the forged signatures to releases of two claims in which suits had been brought against respondent, the notary being the attorney for the claimants. The notary virtually admitted the forgery, and the falsity of the certificate of acknowledgment. The real contention on this appeal is that respondent did not rely upon the acknowledgment in accepting the releases and paying out the money lost. The agent who acted…