by the Louisiana Supreme Court

“ The place where the act of sale was executed and signed does not appear, nor is it material for the validity of the paper. The capacity of the officer who received the acknowledgment is proved and admitted, and the evidence should not have been rejected upon the objection made.
Defendant offered in evidence the deposition of Moses Morrison, taken under a commission directed to D. E. E. Braman, Clerk of the District Court of Matagorda, State of Texas, and executed by D. E. E. Braman, Clerk of the District Court of the county of Matagorda, State of Texas. ”

“ III. The seal of office was not required to the authentication of the return of this officer, he being the special commissioner designated and appointed, by name, by the court, to take these depositions. ”

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