Johnson v. Taylor

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by the appellees against the heirs of Amanda McDonald, represented by guardian, and against their co-defendants, to correct by judgment a *362certificate of acknowledgment, which was alleged to have been properly made, but defectively certified, to a deed by which it was alleged that Amanda McDonald had sold and conveyed land which she owned in her separate right.

The action was brought under art. 4353 of the Revised Statutes, which is as follows: “ Where the acknowledgment or proof of the execution of any instrument in writing may be properly…