White v. Rosenstein

In this suit it was sought to recover from a notary public or the notary’s bondsman certain damages resulting from a transaction regarding real estate and an encumbrance thereon to secure the loan, in which the notary took an acknowledgment without knowing that the acknowledger was the person she claimed to be. The case was tried by the court without a jury and judgment was awarded plaintiffs. A motion was subsequently made by defendants under section 663 of the Code of Civil Procedure “for an order vacating and setting aside said judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against defendants and…