Poledori
Poledori v. Newman
Opinion
Lead Opinion
This action was brought under the provisions of section 1202 of the Civil Code to correct a defective certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed of conveyance made by a married woman. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, and the present appeal is taken directly from the judgment upon the judgment roll alone, without any bill of exceptions. The ground of the appeal is that in the findings and judgment the court went beyond the issues in the case, and corrected the certificate in particulars not alleged in the complaint. • The complaint sets forth the conveyance and its proper acknowledgment to the notary, and alleges that the notary, in affixing his certificate, omitted *377 to certify therein “ that, upon examination without the hearing of her husband, he had made her acquainted with the contents of the said deed, but used for his acknowledgment a blank form appropriate to cases certifying the acknowledgment of a deed made by an unmarried woman.” Issue was taken by the defendants upon the several averments in the complaint, and the court found that the deed was properly executed and acknowledged, but that the notary in affixing his certificate “ omitted to certify…