Gibson v. Rea

The certificate of acknowledgment indorsed on the mortgage was sufficient to prove prima facie the execution of the mortgage. The recitals of the mortgage were sufficient to prove prima facie the execution of the note which the mortgage described and secured. Production of the note and mortgage at the trial by the plaintiff proved prima facie title in him. When the plaintiff proved record title in the *263mortgagor and introduced the note and the mortgage with its indorsement in evidence he proved all the allegations of his petition which were essential to sustain a judgment for foreclosure.…