Goode v. Smith

Citations

• 13 Cal. 81

Syllabus

<p>In acknowledgments to deeds, substantial conformity with the statute is sufficient.-</p> <p>The words “undue influence” being omitted in the acknowledgment of a wife, does not render it invalid.</p> <p>A Justice of the Peace can take the acknowledgment of the wife to a deed of the homestead.</p> <p>If a party permits his antagonist to prove a fact by secondary evidence, he cannot afterwards object that it was not proved by the best.</p> <p>In chancery cases the Court below may disregard the verdict of a jury.</p> <p>In chancery cases the Appellate Court will not notice minor errors, if on the whole record the decree be right.</p>