Supreme Court of Virginia August 2, 1852 (Hassler's Lessee v. King)

Moncure, J.,

after stating the case, proceeded :

First — Did the court err in excluding the deed from the jury ?

By an act which passed in October 1785, and took effect on the first day of January 1787, entitled “ an act for regulating conveyances,” it was, among other things, provided, that “ if the party who shall sign and seal any such writing,” (meaning a conveyance of real estate,) “ reside