McCue v. McCue

We take up the assignments of error, so far as they are pursued on the brief, in their order.

Assignment No. 3. In charging the jury that an instrument may properly be signed on one day and acknowledged before a notary public at a later date, the court dwelt somewhat on the fact that the personal appearance before the notary was the important thing in the acknowledgment, and concluded with these words: “that is the important thing, and not whether the paper was actually signed in his presence. If he acknowledges the signature, that is all right.” This was said with reference to the power of…