Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 27, 1948 (Strother v. Shain)

Wilkins, J.

The one count in the declaration in this action of tort alleges that “on or about March 17, 1941,” the defendant, a notary public, with intent to injure and defraud the plaintiff, falsely certified that the plaintiff had appeared before him and acknowledged a deed, a copy of which is annexed, to be her free act and deed, whereas, in fact, the plaintiff never appeared and acknowledged