Harding v. Curtis

Citations

• 45 Ill. 252

Syllabus

<p>1. Acknowledgment oe deeds in another State—certificate of conformity. A deed for land lying in this State, wherein the parties were described as of the State of Massachusetts, purported to have been acknowledged before a notary public, appended to which was the following certificate: “ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court, Suffolk county, ss.: I, F. H. Underwood, clerk of the Superior Court in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, being a court of record, do certify that Seth Frinkham was, on the 11th day of April, 1818, a notary public in the county of Lincoln, in the State of Massachusetts, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such. And I further certify that the signature of the said Seth Frinkham to the annexed acknowledgment is genuine, and that said acknowledgment is in conformity with the laws of said State of Massachusetts, in force on the 11th day of April, 1818.” In witness, etc., with the seal of the court attached. This was held to be a certificate of conformity in exact compliance with our statute, and the deed was admissible in evidence, without further proof.</p> <p>2. Notary public — evidence. Proof of the official character of a notary public, using a notarial seal, is not required.</p>