MacHnofsky v. Smith

Opinion by

Kenner, J.,

The plaintiff, Machnofsky, filed this bill in equity asking the court to cancel and set aside a deed purporting to have been executed and acknowledged by him conveying certain premises in Throop Borough to his wife — now deceased — , and to declare the same null and void as a forgery.

The defendants are the children of the deceased grantee, some by the plaintiff, and the others by a former husband. The deed, itself, could not be found or produced, but the record in the recorder’s office showed that such a deed had been signed by him by mark, acknowledged, and delivered to…