565.14 Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof by witness of execution. Sec. 14. When any grantor shall die, or depart from, or reside out of this state, not having acknowledged his deed, the due execution thereof may be proved by any competent subscribing witness thereto, before any court of record in this state. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65 ;-- CL 1857, 2733 ;-- CL 1871, 4216 ;-- How. 5664 ;-- CL 1897, 8969 ;-- CL 1915, 11701 ;-- CL 1929, 13289 ;-- CL 1948, 565.14
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