DRURY v. FOSTER


69 U.S. 24 (1864)

2 Wall. 24

DRURY v. FOSTER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Peckham for Drury, the mortgagee.

Mr. Carlisle, contra.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

By the laws of Minnesota, an acknowledgment of the execution of a deed before the proper officers, privately and apart from her husband, by a feme covert, is an essential prerequisite to the conveyance of her real estate or any interest therein. And she is disabled from executing or acknowledging a deed by procuration, as she cannot make a power of attorney. These disabilities...

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