Ober v. Curnane

The original blank form on which the deed in question is typed was that for the discharge of a mortgage. The plaintiff concedes that the signature of Richard J. Powers to the document is genuine but contends that the clauses of the alleged deed were inserted above the signature after Powers had, for some reason, signed the discharge of a mortgage in blank. The appearance of the instrument, which is before us marked as an exhibit, bears out this contention.

A cover is fastened to the document, the effect of which is to conceal the printed title, “Statute Form of Discharge of Mortgage,” and also…