King Lumber Co. v. Crow

Bill to quiet title. The property in question was the homestead of one Coe and wife. The respondent (appellant) rested his claim to the property upon a mortgage from Coe and wife to the King Lumber Company. The acknowledgments of the mortgagor and his wife were taken by J. W. Hood, who purported to be “judge of the inferior court of Woodlawn, Jefferson *505county, Ala.” The complainant (appellee) assails the separate acknowledgment of the wife as wholly void, because the act creating such court and a judge therefor is unconstitutional. This contention must be sustained, for the reason to be…