150 Mass. 572 | Mass. | 1890
The evidence shows that the defendant never executed the release of the mortgage, and that her signature to it was forged. The plaintiff contends that the certificate of the justice of the peace that the defendant acknowledged the deed is conclusive that she executed it. The only use of the certificate of acknowledgment of a deed by a grantor is to entitle it to be recorded. It is familiar law, that the registry of a deed is not conclusive proof of its execution. When the original deed is the proper evidence, its execution must be proved as if it were not recorded. When a copy of a deed from the registry is competent, the registry is prima facie proof of its execution, but not conclusive. Pidge v. Tyler, 4 Mass. 541. Eaton v. Campbell, 7 Pick. 10. Commonwealth v. Emery, 2 Gray, 80. Samuels v. Borrowscale, 104 Mass. 207.