Under the law as it now stands, the deed of a feme covert accompanied by an acknowledgment, and a private examination to ascertain her voluntary acquiescence in the conveyance, is sufficient to convey her estate, and to bar her dower. But this examination and acknowledgment are essential ingredients: — without them the deed is wholly inoperative. As the plea, therefore, does not state these facts it is defective and there must be

Judgment for demandant.