Schroder v. Keller

Citations

• 84 Ill. 46

Syllabus

<p>1. Acknowledgments—of deeds and, mortgages. In the acknowledgment of deeds and mortgages, a substantial compliance with the statute is all that is required.</p> <p>2. Chattel mortgage—certificate of acknowledgment. A certificate of a justice, that a chattel mortgage executed by a resident was duly acknowledged before such justice by the mortgagor, is a substantial compliance with the statute, without adding the words “ and entered by me,” provided the justice in fact makes the entry on his docket as required by law.</p> <p>3. The object of the legislature in providing for the justice to certify that he had made such entry, was to make the certificate evidence of the fact that he had done so, without having to resort to the docket, and if the justice omits to state such fact in his certificate, recourse may be had to the, docket itself to prove such fact.</p>