Pacific Sugar Mill v. Thrum

*136OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

Mandamus to compel the respondent as Registrar of Conveyances to register two certain deeds. The petition shows that in each deed the consideration is stated to be “one dollar and other valuable consideration,” that in fact the consideration for one of the deeds was the sum of forty dollars and that for the other one hundred dollars, and that the refusal of the Registrar' to register was based on the fact that the. consideration was incorrectly stated in each deed.

The schedule (C. L. Sec. 941) of the act relating to stamp duties contains the following item:…