Armstrong v. . Jonas

If a. notary public owns a life estate in a parcel of land, is he qualified to take the acknowledgment of the grantor and his wife to the execution of a deed of trust upon the remainder in fee?

It has been generally held that if a notary public is a party, trustee, or cestui que trust, in a conveyance of land that he is disqualified to probate the instrument or to take the acknowledgment of its execution. Blanton v. Bostic, 126 N. C., 418, 35 S. E., 1035; Cowan v. Dale, 189 N. C., 684, 128 S. E., 155; Bank v. Tolbert, 192 N. C., 126, 133 S. E., 558; Investment Company v. Woolen, 198 N. C.,…