Spottiswood v. Weir

Action to quiet title to real estate. Trial by jury, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.

The controlling question in the case was as to the execution of a deed for the property in controversy from the plaintiff’s grantor to the defendant Elizabeth Weir, prior to the deed under which the former claimed title. The alleged deed was not produced, had never been recorded, and was claimed at the trial to have been lost. The effort was made to prove the existence of the deed, and that the name of the grantor signed thereto was his genuine signature. It was attempted to…