Legal Opinion
Moore v. Bragg
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 19, 1925No. 8 Div. 660PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, L
The separate acknowledgment of the wife to a conveyance of the homestead containing all the recitals of the statutory form (Code 1923, §§ 6845, 7883), is not rendered invalid because combined with the general acknowledgment of the husband and wife in one certificate. Russell v. Holman, 156 Ala. 433, 47 So. 205.
A literal compliance with the statutory form, while always to be favored, is not exacted. If each fact required to be shown by the certificate is certified in language clearly in substance and effect the same as the statutory form, it is sufficient. Gates v. Hester, 81 Ala.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Grider v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Hayes v. Southern Home Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Moog v. StrangSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Cheney v. NathanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Qualls v. QuallsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Redwine v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Colburn v. Mid-State Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Fies & Sons v. LowerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Estes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Jemison v. HowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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