Johnson v. Michaux
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Warwick county. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals. The paper sought to he annulled in this case as a forgery purported to be a deed duly signed and acknowledged by the grantor, and attested by a witness. In fact, the grantor employed a colored attoméy to write the deed, and verbally authorized the subscribing witness to sign his name thereto when written.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Warwick county. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals. The paper sought to he annulled in this case as a forgery purported to be a deed duly signed and acknowledged by the grantor, and attested by a witness. In fact, the grantor employed a colored attoméy to write the deed, and verbally authorized the subscribing witness to sign his name thereto when written. The attorney, who was also the notary who made the certificate of acknowledgment, prepared the deed, and the attesting witness signed the name of the grantor thereto opposite the seal,…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Henry Johnson filed his hill in the Circuit Court of Warwick county, in which he shows that one hundred acres of oyster planting ground in James river were assigned by the oyster inspector to Broadfield, Gardner and himself, and that it was surveyed, platted, staked and recorded in the clerk’s office of the County Court of Warwick county, as required by statute; that they immediately entered into the possession of the ground and commenced to improve the same by planting oysters; that Gardner relinquished his interest to Broadfield and complainant,…
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