McDill Lessee v. McDill

1 U.S. 63

1 Dall. 63

1 L.Ed. 38

McDill Lessee

v.

McDill*

No. ____.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

April Term, 1782

1

A deed executed by two persons, with one was, and another ink seal, attested by one witness only, and merely proved by him before a justice, without being recorded was offered in evidence.

2

It was objected, that by the Act of Assembly, 1 St. Laws. 78. a Deed must be executed before, and be proved by, two witnesses; and that even that kind of proof was not to be received, unless the party was dead, or otherwise unable to appear and acknowledge the execution; which was not the case of the…