Mitander v. Sonneborn

Daniels, J.:

The debt which has been recovered in the actions -was owing from the defendant to William Graf, who resided in Sweden. An assignment of this debt to the plaintiff, executed on the 6th of November, 1874, was read in evidence on the trial. An exception was taken to the ruling under which it was received, for the reason that it had only been acknowledged before the United States consul. But as the assignment was under seal, it was a deed, and the consul could properly take the acknowledgment under the provisions of the statute allowing deeds to be acknowledged before such an officer.

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