Henderson v. Grewell
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, County of Santa Clara. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff, W. L. Henderson, to secure the possession of a tract of land in Santa Clara county.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, County of Santa Clara. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff, W. L. Henderson, to secure the possession of a tract of land in Santa Clara county. The evidence shows, that one Samuel Henderson, in November, 1852, purchased the land in controversy of the defendant; that the purchase was made principally upon credit; that at the time of said purchase, he was put in the possession of the land by Grewell, the defendant; that when he went into the possession thereof, his brother, the plaintiff, went with him, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
This was an action of ejectment. There are several questions raised in the case, but the decision of one or two points will render any notice of the others unnecessary.
The first question regards the sufficiency of the certificate of the notary, wherein he states that Samuel M. Henderson was “ known to him to be the identical person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument of writing, and acknowledged the same to be his signature, and that he executed the same for matters and things therein contained.”
It is well settled that the exact form of the certificate given *584in the statute…
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