White v. Dwinel

33 Me. 320

Opinion

Wells, J., orally. —

An office copy is not evidence that a paper, of which it is a transcript, was a genuine paper.

The demandants claim by inheritance from the grantee in the supposed deed. The rule of the Court, allowing office copies, touching the realty, does not authorize the use of a copy by the heirs of a grantee.

There is then no competent evidence that a deed from Daniel Webster to James Webster ever had an existence.

Nonsuit confirmed.