Sowers v. Peterson

West, Associate Justice. —

It is assigned as error that the court permitted the deed to the land in suit from Henry Akin to J. L. Given, dated the 11th day of July, 1863, to be read in evidence, notwithstanding the objections of appellant. The deed had been “filed, and notice given under the statute. The objection raised was that it had not been duly acknowledged and authenticated for registration. The alleged defect consisted in the fact that the certificate of the officer showed on its face that the grantor had been made known to him, but that the officer failed to indorse on the deed, as he…