French Evangelical Church v. Borst

There are two causes of action pleaded in the complaint. Both are for damages for 'breach of contract. It is alleged that defendant, on two occasions, mishandled investments in real estate mortgages in which defendant undertook to act as plaintiff’s attorney. The first cause of action, embracing property on Grates Avenue in January, 1960, is based on a failure to record the mortgage for a period of 10 months with the consequence that two subsequent mortgages given by the mortgagor to others were recorded ahead of it, with the result that when the mortgagor defaulted plaintiff had to satisfy…