Krall v. Krall

Citations

• 238 Pa. 328
• 86 A. 182
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 965

Syllabus

<p>■ Practice, C. P. — Trial—Charge of court — Quoting testimony— Erroneous statement in charge — Ejectment—Notary public.</p> <p>Where the trial judge in an action of ejectment in which deeds are challenged as forgeries, charges the jury that the notary public who took the acknowledgments to the deeds in question testified that she saw the grantor sign them, whereas the notary public only testified to the genuineness of her own signature as an attesting witness and to the notarial certificates and only testified that she “supposed” the grantor signed them, and it appears that the notary was not acquainted with the persons whose signatures were in question and only knew them by their being identified when the acknowledgments were taken ten years prior to the trial, such instructions constitute reversible error.</p>