Logan Gas Co. v. Keith

Section 8510, General Code, contains the following provision:

“A deed, mortgage, or lease of any estate or interest in real property, must be signed by the grantor, mortgagor, or lessor, and such signing be acknowledged by the grantor, mortgagor, or lessor in the presence of two witnesses, who shall attest the signing and subscribe their names to the attestation. ’ ’

The section then provides that the signing must be acknowledged by the lessor before certain officials named therein, included among whom is a justice of the peace.

It is claimed by the defendants in error that the lease of October…