Breckenridge v. Mason

On July 5, 1961, plaintiff sued Paul A.

Mason, attorney at law and notary public, on his alleged false acknowledgment as a notary and Ohio Casualty Insurance Company on the statutory bond, alleging that one Grant T. Shepherd neither signed nor acknowledged the document in question. On October 24, 1963, all parties appeared for trial; by stipulation of counsel the cause was ordered off calendar subject to being reset on 30 days’ notice by plaintiff. Two years and four months later plaintiff filed Certificate of Readiness ; on March 18, 1966, Mason filed notice of motion for order dismissing the…