S. S. Kresge Co. v. Butte

Although the lease involved here as originally acknowledged purports to demise the premises described therein for a term of thirty years, the plaintiff, appellant herein, contends the instrument gives rise to an estate only from year to year for the reason that the acknowledgments are not all certified “on the same sheet on which the instrument is written or printed” as required by Section 8510, General Code. It is conceded that in other respects the lease was executed with due formalities.

The controlling inquiry therefore is as to whether the original acknowledgments were certified according…