Chrast v. O'Connor

Citations

• 41 Wash. 360
• 83 P. 238
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 968

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Certified Copt of Record — Admissibility—Necessity of Proving Signatures to Original — Statute. Under Bal. Code, § 6064, a copy of a recorded deed, certified by the recording officer over tbe seal of bis office, is admissible in evidence without proof of tbe genuineness of tbe signatures to tbe original deed.</p> <p>Deeds — Difference in Names —Abbreviation —Admissibility in Evidence Without Explanation. A deed in tbe chain of title signed by one Chrast and “Fannie” Chrast, certified in tbe acknowledgment to be bis wife, is admissible in evidence as tbe deed of bis wife “Frances” Chrast, without first showing that they were one and tbe same.</p> <p>Ejectment — Defenses — Pleading • — • Fobgeby of Deed — Pboof Under General Issue. Where title to real property is alleged generally without deraigning the title, the adverse party may show, under the general issue, that a deed forming the chain of title relied upon was a forgery, and it is error to exclude such evidence on the ground that the forgery was not specially pleaded.</p>