Strother v. Shain

The one count in the declaration in this action of tort alleges that “on or about March 17, 1941,” the defendant, a notary public, with intent to injure and defraud the plaintiff, falsely certified that the plaintiff had appeared before him and acknowledged a deed, a copy of which is annexed, to be her free act and deed, whereas, in fact, the plaintiff never appeared and acknowledged it; and that, in consequence, the deed, which had been altered after it had been signed by the plaintiff by the insertion of a description of land of the plaintiff in Franklin, was recorded in the Norfolk…