147 Ga. 677 | Ga. | 1918
(After stating the foregoing facts..)
“In presence of Lawton, Jordan & Company [Corporate
“C. G. Adams. By E. F. Lawton, President. Seal].
“ J. E. Adams. Attested and countersigned,
By W. T. Lawton, Secretary & Treas.”
And the instrument ivas similarly executed by Barnes Construction Company, by H. L. Barnes as Secretary and General Manager. Below this, executed on the same date and presumptively at the same time, appear certain “acknowledgments.” One is signed by E. F. Lawton and attested by C. G. Adams and J. E. Adams. Immediately following this, on the same date and writing, is another acknowledgment by E. F. Lawton, attested as follows: “C. G. Adams, Notary Public, Bibb County, Georgia. (Seal.)” And following this is still another sworn statement by W. T. Lawton, attested as follows: “C. G. Adams, Notary Public, Bibb County, Georgia. (Seal.)”
In the case of Truluch v. Peeples, 1 Ga. 3, the sufficiency of the following attestation of a deed to land was in question:
“Signed, sealed, and delivered his
in presence of James x Mathews [Seal].
“Wright Sanders. Thomas Sanders.” mark
“Acknowledged in the presence of me. Wiley Pearce, J. P,”
Judgment reversed.