Fleming v. Ervin's Committee

Citations

• 6 W. Va. 215

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>A deed, having a certificate of acknowledgment of the grantor, from the Mayor of the town of Staunton, State of Virginia, in October, 1863, and'also a certificate from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, that said deed was admitted to record therein: and also a certificate from the Clerk of the County Court of Augusta County, Va., that the said deed, with the foregoing certificates annexed, was admitted to record in that office, is not properly authenticated for record in this State, and is not competent evidence, as a recorded deed.</p> <p>The Court refused to admit evidence of a party’s possession of land, and of the possession of the tenant under him, because, in the judgment of the Court the deed under which the party claimed^ was void, on the ground that the consideration had been paid in Confederate money. This ruling was erroneous.</p>