Brinkley v. Bell

1. Where depositions sued out under the Civil Code, §5316, have been executed and returned to the court, as prescribed in the Civil Code, §5317, the same are not inadmissible because not signed by the witness, or because it does not affirmatively appear from, the commissioner’s certificate thereto that he was a sworn offioer.

2. Where the question under investigation is whether or not a deed was delivered, it is not error to allow a witness, who states that he was present at the time of its execution, to testify: “It [the deed] was signed and sealed, and to the best of my belief it was…