Butler v. Olshan

COLEMAN, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of voluntary non-suit induced by the action of the trial court sustaining demurrer to the complaint.

Plaintiffs seek to recover from defendant, Melvin PI. Olshan, for loss of real estate allegedly caused by the wilful and intentional act of defendant in signing his name, as notary public, to a certificate of acknowledgment on a deed and thereby certifying that plaintiffs had acknowledged the execution of the deed when, in fact, plaintiffs had never acknowledged the execution before the defendant. Plaintiffs also seek damages for loss allegedly…