Halso v. Seawright

— This was a real action for the recovery of lands, in which the appellant, as administrator of William Mercer, deceased, was plaintiff, and the appellee, Seawright, the tenant in possession, was defendant. On motion, the appellee Graydon, as the landlord of Seawright, was made a party defendant. On the trial, upon the plea of not guilty, the plaintiff deduced title to the lands from a mortgage executed to his intestate in his life-time, by Gray-do’n and wife, on the 14th day of March, 1874; the acknowledgment of which is in due form, purporting to have been taken and certified by the judge…