Smith v. Ayden Lumber Co.

Two questions are presented by this appeal: 1. Is the deed under which the defendant claims void because the acknowledgment of the grantor and privy examination of his wife were taken before ,a notary public who was an employee of the grantee ? It is true that a deed cannot be acknowledged before nor the privy examination of a feme covert be taken by an officer who bas any interest in such conveyance either as a party, trustee or cestui que trust, and the registration upon such certificate would be invalid and not even notice to creditors and subsequent purchasers. Long v. Crews, 113 N. C.,…