Walton Whaun & Co. v. Atkinson

When by the laws of another State, a deed to property situate therein is required to be recorded, a copy of such deed, if authenticated as required by the act of Congress, will have the same effect’ in this State to which it is entitled by the laws of the State where the deed is re*593corded. — Swift v. Fitzhugh, 9 Porter, 39. The statutes of Georgia, put in evidence, provide, that the original of a registered deed shall be admissible in evidence without further proof, unless the execution is denied on oath; and if the original deed be lost, a copy from the registry, if duly recorded, shall be…