Lindley v. Smith

This was a bill in chancery, to correct a mistake ih the certificate of acknowledgment of a married woman, of a deed conveying land to which she held the legal title.

The defect in the certificate of acknowledgment by the justice of the peace, appears to be that he did not state therein that the wife was personally known to him as the real person whose name was signed to the deed as having executed the same.

The statute on this subject is as follows: “ When any husband and wife residing in this State, shall wish to convey the real estate of the wife, it shall and may be lawful for the said…