Stevenson v. Cloud

This was an action of disseisin. By consent of parties, the cause was tried by the Court without a jury. Judgment for the plaintiff below.

At the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed of conveyance for the premises in dispute to himself, which he proved to have been executed by the defendant. The deed had not been acknowledged, and was without a subscribing witness. The defendant objected to its admissibility, contending that it was invalid because it did not bear the attestation of two witnesses. The objection was overruled, and exception taken.

In support of his position against the…