March v. England
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. H. Austill. The original bill in this case was filed on the 14ih May, 1877, by William March, against Mrs. Livia W. England and her children ; and sought to quiet the complainant’s title to certain lands, of which he was in possession, and which were sold and conveyed to him by W. D. Talbot and wife, by deed dated the 24th April, 1876. The lands had belonged to one J. H. Snow, and were by him sold and conveyed,…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. H. Austill. The original bill in this case was filed on the 14ih May, 1877, by William March, against Mrs. Livia W. England and her children ; and sought to quiet the complainant’s title to certain lands, of which he was in possession, and which were sold and conveyed to him by W. D. Talbot and wife, by deed dated the 24th April, 1876. The lands had belonged to one J. H. Snow, and were by him sold and conveyed, by deed dated the 15th January, 1869, to William G. England, the husband of Mrs. Livia W. England, as trustee for his…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
— Acknowledgments, or proof of the execution of conveyances, may be taken by a notary public, and several other officers named in the statute. — Code of 1876, § 2155. The acknowledgment of execution proceeds from the party granting or conveying, and the proof of execution from subscribing witnesses. The registration of conveyances of real estate, in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which it is situate, is authorized; and when made, either upon an acknowledgment, or proof of execution, duly certified, the conveyance becomes admissible evidence, without further proof, in any…
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