Cavit v. Archer

Citations

• 52 Tex. 166
• 1879 Tex. LEXIS 126

Syllabus

<p>Evidence—Trespass to try title—Authentication. — In trespass to try title, the plaintiff, after making affidavit to the loss of the original, offered in evidence a certified copy from the records of the proper county of what purported, on its face, to be a deed from Henry Millard as attorney in fact for George W. Glasscock. It was authenticated for record by the affidavit of a subscribing witness only, as follows, viz.: “Republic oe Texas, county of Milam,.—Before me, Hath aniel C. Raymond, special deputy for Arthur Eldridge, clerk of the County Court of Milam county, for this purpose personally came and appeared Thomas Dillard, one of the witnesses to the foregoing instrument, who acknowledged Ills signature as such and made oath that he saw George W. Glasscock sign the same as the attorney in fact for Henry Millard, for the purposes therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal, there being no seal of office, this first day of June, A. D. 1843.—H. C. Raymond, special deputy for Arthur Eldridge, clerk” : Held, To have been properly excluded.</p>