Landrum v. Landrum

1. If an instrument containing provisions in the nature of a conveyance of real estate is not properly attested or probated for record, the recording of it does not authorize a certified copy, as such, to be admitted in evidence on proof of the loss of the original paper; but if a copy taken from the record is proved to be a correct copy of the original, the mere fact that the original may have been improperly recorded without due attestation will not prevent the proved copy from being admitted in evidence like any other copy of the original made by a private person, upon proof of loss or…