Devereux v. . McMahon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried before MacRae, J., at January Term, 1889, of Halifax Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. This is an action to recover land, and the pleadings raised issues of fact. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence-what purported to be a deed of conveyance, to the admission of which the defendants objected. The Court, “ being of the-opinion that the probate was insufficient, sustained the objection,” and the plaintiff excepted.
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Civil ACTION, tried before MacRae, J., at January Term, 1889, of Halifax Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. This is an action to recover land, and the pleadings raised issues of fact. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence-what purported to be a deed of conveyance, to the admission of which the defendants objected. The Court, “ being of the-opinion that the probate was insufficient, sustained the objection,” and the plaintiff excepted. He, thereupon, suffered a judgment of nonsuit, and appealed to this Court. The following is a copy of so much of the deed mentioned,…
1Opinion of the CourtMerhimon, J.
It seems that no question was raised on the trial, as to .the sufficiency of the deed itself, by the maker thereof, on the ground that he simply made his cross-mark and annexed to it his seal. No such question is raised by the assignment of error for our decision.
That one of the subscribing witnesses made his cross-mark in identifying himself as such with the deed is no sufficient objection. Though he could not write, he might be eligible for such purpose and make his mark. State v. Byrd, 93 N. C., 624; Tatum v. White, 95 N. C., 453; Pridgen v. Pridgen, 13 Ired., 259.
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