Morano v. Shaw

The object of this suit is to render a recorder of mortgages liable in damages for having furnished a mortgage certificate by which the sheriff of' the parish of Orleans sold under execution ■certain lots of ground as being free from all liens and incumbrances whatever, when in fact there existed a mortgage for a large sum against the property, which mortgage was, subsequent to the plaintiff becoming the owner of the lots sold at sheriff sale, enforced against them, to his great detriment and injury. The plaintiff joins- in this action his vendor, Daniel Martin, who was the purchaser of the…