Governor of Wisconsin ex rel. Mlekus v. Maryland Casualty Co.

One Otto J. Habhegger was in the real-estate, loan, and insurance business in the city of Milwaukee. He was also a notary public. One Anna Mlekus, the relator, was in the habit of investing money in real-estate mortgages. Flabhegger was acting for her in the matter of placing loans on such security. Sometime prior to June 4, 1921, he called at her home and represented that John Schmalser and wife desired to obtain a loan of $1,000 upon the security of a real-estate mortgage, and that, if she had the money, he would recommend the loan. She agreed to make the loan. Sometime later he delivered…