Legal Opinion
Inglewood Park Mausoleum Co. v. Ferguson
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 19, 1935No. Civ. 10302PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRICKE, J., pro tem.
This is an action against a notary public and the surety on her official bond for damages suffered as the result of her certifying to an acknowledgment of a grantor’s signature on a forged trust deed. Rachel Hancock was the owner of certain real estate held by her as her separate property. Without her authority her husband, Paul C. Hancock, arranged for a loan on the property, signed his name to the note and trust deed and forged her name to these documents, which were then placed in escrow with the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Inglewood Park Mausoleum Company, the…
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