Smith v. Markland

Citations

• 223 Pa. 605
• 72 A. 1047
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 589

Syllabus

<p>Deed, — Forgery—Acknowledgment—Notary public — Impersonation of grantor.</p> <p>1. Where a deed is a forgery, and the forger produces before a notary public a person other than the grantor to make a fraudulent acknowledgment of the deed, the certificate of the notary public is not conclusive against the owner in favor of a bona fide purchaser for value who has relied upon the acknowledgment and the record,</p> <p>2. ^ Reliance on a forged deed, recorded on an absolutely false certificate of acknowledgment, may bring loss upon him who so relies, but neither such deed nor,such.certificate appended to it can.ever affect the owner of the property.</p>