PEOPLE'S BUILDING & LOAN ASS'N OF HAMPTON v. ROANE


140 S.E.2d 823 (1965)

205 Va. 916

PEOPLE'S BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMPTON, Virginia, v. B. B. ROANE, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Davis Butts, Newport News, on brief, for petitioner.

Catesby Graham Jones, Jr., Gloucester, on brief, for respondent.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

People's Building and Loan Association of Hampton, Virginia, presented to this court its petition for a writ of mandamus (Const. § 88, Code § 17-96) to compel the clerk of the Circuit Court of Gloucester county to admit to record a power of attorney tendered to him for recordation. The clerk refused to admit it to record because in his opinion the acknowledgment of the instrument did not meet the requirements of the statute, § 55-113 of...

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