Case Name: Charles H. Schum et al., Appellants, v. Florence L. Burchard, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-03-03
Citations: 240 N.Y. 577
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles H. Schum et al., Appellants, v. Florence L. Burchard, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 577–577

Head Matter:
Charles H. Schum et al., Appellants, v. Florence L. Burchard, Respondent.
(Argued February 2, 1925;
decided March 3, 1925.)
Beal property — title — deed — sufficiency of acknowledgment.
Schum v. Burchard, 211 App. Div. 126, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 22, 1924, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at a Trial Term without a jury. The action was to determine title to real property. In September, 1871, the owner of the property made a deed of the same to the father of the plaintiffs herein. The deed was not recorded until November 15,1921. On November 2,1908, the said owner made a deed of the same property to the defendant which was recorded December 10, 1908. The question was whether the acknowledgment on the second deed sufficiently complied with the Real Property Law of this State.
It read as follows:
“ State of New Jersey, “ County of Monmouth,
“Be it remembered that on this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight before me, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County and State, personally appeared Eliza J. Schooley, widow, who I am satisfied is the grantor mentioned in the within indenture and to whom I first made known the contents thereof, and thereupon she acknowledged that she signed, sealed and delivered the same as her voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed. JOSEPH G. COLEMAN
“ Comm, of Deeds.”
Lewis Landes and Moses Katcher for appellants.
Henry D. Merchant for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed; with costs; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Crane and Lehman, JJ. Dissenting: Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ.