In Re Akins

OPINION

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1 this Court accepted certification of the following questions from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Southern Division:(1) Whether the following acknowledgment on a deed of trust is valid under Tennessee law:

State of Tennessee

County of Bradley

I, Tammy Bentley, a Notary Public of the county and state first above written, do hereby certify that Ronald L. Akins, unmarried,…