Fleming v. Potter

Action by the appellees against the appellants to establish the existence of certain deeds alleged to be lost, and for the specific performance of certain contracts, &c.

Answers were filed, issues joined, and the cause tried by a jury; verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs.

The defendants appeal and assign ten errors, which will be noticed in their order:

1. “ The deed of Newton was not properly acknowledged by the wife, and the Court erred in permitting the record of it to be read to the jury.”

The objection made to the introduction of the record of the deed was, “that the certificate of…