State ex rel. Alexander v. Plass

This action.is upon the official bondof a notary public for a false certificate of acknowledgment of a deed made and delivered by said notary to one Greene, who thereby secured plaintiff’s indorsement of a note,' which said deed purported to secure and which plaintiff w.as compelled to pay.

It was stated in the petition that no such persons as the grantors named in the deed existed, and that the acknowledgments attached to said deeds were fraudulently taken by said notary, whose duty it was to certify as to his personal acquaintance with the grantors.

Two other cases were tried with this one,…