United States Wind Engine & Pump Co. v. Linville
United States Wind Engine & Pump Co. v. Linville
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The plaintiff in error alleges in his amended petition filed in the district court of Osborne county on the fifth day of January, 1888, that the defendant in error is the clerk of the district court of that county; that as such clerk he was the custodian of the records showing mechanics’ liens filed on real property in said county; that he was accustomed for hire to make certificates showing the existence or non-existence of liens on real property that persons were desirous of purchasing; that on the 11th day of May, 1887, for a valuable consideration, the defendant in error made and delivered to the plaintiff in error a certificate that there were no mechanics’ liens on lots 3 and 4 of block 1 in the second addition of Truman and Davis to the city of Osborne, when in truth and in fact there was a mechanics’ and furnishers’ lien upon the record in said clerk’s office against
The copy of the abstract attached to the petition in the record shows that the town lots were conveyed by Chase and wife to the plaintiff in error, by warranty deed, on the 10th day of May, 1886. The allegation in the petition is, that there was a material lien filed against the property on the 29th day of November, 1886, for materials furnished after the 1st day of July, 1886. So, taking the two together, the conclusion is irresistible, that the plaintiff in error is not injured by the certificate made by Linville. Something is said, or rather intimated, in the briefs about the statement in the abstract as to the date of the deed from Chase and wife to the
We recommend that the judgment be affirmed.
By the Court: It is so ordered.
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