Mays v. Pryce
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner, Judge. (1) The court improperly allowed witness Robert M. Wallace to testify against the facts to which he certified as notary public in his certificate of acknowledgment of the defendant Susan to the deed of trust given by defendants to Joseph J. Benson to secure the indebtedness of said Thomas Pryce to plaintiff on the town lots sued for, with other lands, against the objections of plaintiff.
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Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner, Judge. (1) The court improperly allowed witness Robert M. Wallace to testify against the facts to which he certified as notary public in his certificate of acknowledgment of the defendant Susan to the deed of trust given by defendants to Joseph J. Benson to secure the indebtedness of said Thomas Pryce to plaintiff on the town lots sued for, with other lands, against the objections of plaintiff. Such testimony is contrary to public policy. Stone v. Montgomery, 35 Miss. 83; Wasfiburne v. Roescfi, 13 111. App. 268. This court has repeatedly…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
This was an action in ejectment in the circuit court of Lewis county instituted by the plaintiff against thé defendant Thomas Pryce to recover the possession of lots six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in block twenty-four in Wright & Shropshire addition to the town of LaG-range in said county. The petition was in the usual form, summons issued returnable to the March *608term, 1885, of said court, and served upon said defendant, at which, term the parties appeared, and on motion Susan Pryce was made a party defendant and leave granted both defendants to answer sixty days before next term.
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