Case Name: William H. Boothroyd vs. Joseph Engles
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1871-04
Citations: 2 Mich. N.P. R. 54
Docket Number: 
Parties: William H. Boothroyd vs. Joseph Engles.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Michigan Nisi Prius Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 54–54

Head Matter:
William H. Boothroyd vs. Joseph Engles.
Error to St. Clair Circuit.

Opinion:
Opinion-by
Campbell, Ch. J.
The only question waswhethei the record of a. deed purporting to be signed by Harrison Sherman, and certified to have been acknowledged by Hiram, Sherman, (the latter name having been inserted in the beginning of the deed as that, of the grantor,) could be received in evidence as the conveyance of Hiram Sherman, the original deed not being shown.
Our statutes now require every deed to be signed and scaled by the person from whom the estate or interest is intended to pass, as Well as acknowledged by the parson executing it. Thp signing can not be dispensed with, and no one but the signer ean be regarded as the grantor. The presumption of law always is that a person uses his real name, and, in the absence of proof, a deed signed by Harrison and acknowledged by Hiram, is signed and acknowledged by different persons. A person using an alias might, under some circumstances be estopped from denying the alias, But no such ease is.shown to exist here.
The judgment was correct and is affirmed with costs.