Hacker v. Deaton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Moorman

Affirming.

The subject of this litigation is a deed, purporting to have been executed by Robert Hacker and Ms wife on May 3, 1913. On its face it conveys thirty acres of land to John G-. Deaton. Hacker claims that the signatures of himself and his wife to the deed, with the acknowledgments thereon, are forgeries, and the Hughes Lumber Company, holder of the title through mesne conveyances from Deaton, contends that the instrument was duly and regularly executed and delivered. From a judgment sustaining the latter contention Hacker appeals.

The issue is one of…