Kangley v. Rogers

Citations

• 85 Wash. 250
• 147 P. 898
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 831

Syllabus

<p>Acknowledgment — False Certificate — Liability on Bond. Where a notary public certifies that the wife of a mortgagor personally appeared before him, and acknowledged the execution of the mortgage, when in fact no one was present or assumed to make such an acknowledgment, the notary is liable od his official bond as for a false certification.</p> <p>Husband and Wife — Community Property — Liability. The performance of the duties of notary public by the husband, being a community business engaged in for the benefit of both spouses, the community is liable on a judgment for his negligence in failing to faithfully discharge his duties as notary public.</p> <p>Evidence — -Character — Carefulness in Discharging Duties. In an action against a notary public and his bondsman for a specific act of negligent discharge of duties in taking an acknowledgment, evidence that he was ordinarily careful in taking acknowledgments, was inadmissible.</p>