Jackson ex dem. Merritt v. Gumaer
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment, fo 'recover 20 acres of land on 'lot No.'93, ir the town of Manlius, and county of Onondaga, tried 'at the Onondaga Circuit, in June, 1822, before his honor (the ¡atej Chief Justice Spencer.
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Ejectment, fo 'recover 20 acres of land on 'lot No.'93, ir the town of Manlius, and county of Onondaga, tried 'at the Onondaga Circuit, in June, 1822, before his honor (the ¡atej Chief Justice Spencer. The plaintiff’s declaration ' - *■ . , contained two demises—one ’from Samuel Merritt, tin the 29ih day of February, 1816, and the other from Benjamin Stanton, on the 1st-day of January, 1822. The counsel for1 the-plaintiff introduced as evidence, 1st, a deed from Samuel Merritt to De Witt Rose, for 100 acres of land, including the premises inquedtion,dated February 29, 1816^ duly acknowledged…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Savage, Ch. Justice.
The first question raised on the trial was as to the sufficiency of the certificate of acknowledgment on the mortgage executed by De Witt Eose. The Judge certifies that the grantor was known to him, but does not add that he knew him to be “ the person described in and who executed the deed.” Were we called on to establish a form for such a certificate, I should certainly be for inserting that the grantor was known to the Judge, or other officer takiqg the acknowledgment, to be the person described in the deed; but the legislature could not expect the officer to…
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