Tildesley Coal Co. v. American Fuel Corp.

Upon examination I find that the usual text statement to the effect that a notary’s failure to state the date of the expiration of his commission does not invalidate a certificate of acknowledgment, ignores the wording of the statutes upon which the cases cited to sustain the text are based. See 1 Am. Jur. 358, 46 C. J. 520, John’s American Notaries, 20. Our statute, Code, 29-4-8, is much more precise and rigid than any other I have been able to find, with the single exception of Oklahoma where the statute makes failure to comply a misdemeanor and is, of course, construed as mandatory. Parks…