Videau v. Griffin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. Ejectment for a lot in the city of Marysville. Both parties claimed title from John A. Clark, admitted to have been the owner in fee of the premises in 1850. Plaintiff claimed by a deed executed by Clark to him in 1861, conveying the lot for the nominal consideration of one dollar.
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Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. Ejectment for a lot in the city of Marysville. Both parties claimed title from John A. Clark, admitted to have been the owner in fee of the premises in 1850. Plaintiff claimed by a deed executed by Clark to him in 1861, conveying the lot for the nominal consideration of one dollar. Defendant claimed under a deed from Clark purporting to have been executed by attorney in June, 1850, the form of the execution of which deed and the certificate of acknowledgment are set forth in the opinion of the Court. This deed was offered in evidence by defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
Norton, J. and Cope, J. concurring.
The deed to Hibberd purports to be executed on the first of June, 1850, by “ John A. Clark, by his attorney, Henry Sparks.” The certificate of acknowledgment annexed is as follows:
*391“ California, San Francisco, ss : On this first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, John A. Clark, to me known, and who executed the within deed, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, by his attorney, Henry Sparks.
“ Given under my hand and seal, the day and year last above written. Thomas Tilden,
“…
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