55-23 - Informalities in deeds made by attorneys-in-fact. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-23. Informalities in deeds made by attorneys-in-fact.

If, in a deed made by one as attorney-in-fact for another, the words ofconveyance or the signature be in the name of the attorney, it shall be asmuch the principal's deed as if the words of conveyance or the signature werein the name of the principal by the attorney, if it be manifest on the faceof the deed that it should be construed to be that of the principal to giveeffect to its intent.

(Code 1919, § 5145.)