Fisher v. Levy

OYERTON, Justice.

This is a suit against W. M. Levy, clerk of court of the parish of Caddo and ex officio recorder of mortgages thereof and the surety on his bond, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Md., for damages for the wrongful issuance of a mortgage certificate, thereby causing damage to plaintiff.

The mortgage records of Caddo parish dis-. closed two mortgages resting on a certain piece of real property belonging to Emma J. Chavis, granted by her. One mortgage was for $1,250, recorded May 23, 1923, and the second was for $1,831, and was recorded November 5, 1924.…