Commonwealth ex rel. Nahrgang v. American Employers Insurance

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

John J. Nahrgang, Jr., a real estate dealer who was also a notary public, defrauded his brother, William L. Nahrgang, and William’s wife, by obtaining from him and converting to his own use three checks totalling |7000. Each check was turned over to John in payment for a mortgage, which John told William he had available. In each case, John forged the mortgage, notarized the forged signatures and some time after he got the check delivered the mortgage to William. Suits were instituted to recover on a notarial bond issued by appellant as surety for John. The cases were…