Clewer v. Shields

Citations

• 40 Pa. Super. 400
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 629

Syllabus

<p>Deed, — Husband and wife — Acknowledgment—Defective , acknowledgment — Act of February 24, 1770, sec. 2, 1 Sm. L. 307.</p> <p>The certificate of acknowledgment of a deed of a wife's real estate recited that there came before the notary “the above named .... and acknowledged the foregoing indenture to be their act and deed and desired the same to be recorded as such.'' The certificate also recited that the wife had been “examined separate and apart from her said husband .... without any coercion or compulsion of her said husband. ” Held, that the certificate showed on its face that the husband had acknowledged the deed, and that the deed passed a good title as to his interest in the property conveyed.</p>