Investment Company v. . Wooten Wooten v. . Trust Co.

The question involved: Is a deed of trust executed by a husband and wife rendered void by reason of the fact that the acknowledgment thereof by the makers and privy examination of the wife were taken by a notary public who was a member of the firm which negotiated the loan secured thereby and which firm was entitled to receive a commission out of the loan for its services, there being no evidence of fraud or undue influence? We think not.

In White v. Connelly, 105 N. C., at p. 70, the following safe rule is quoted: “No one ought to be a judge in his own cause; and so inflexible and so…