When deed serves as evidence; effect of affidavit alleging forgery

A recorded deed shall be admitted in evidence in any court without further proof unless the maker of the deed, one of his heirs, or the opposite party in the action files an affidavit that the deed is a forgery to the best of his knowledge and belief. Upon the filing of the affidavit, the genuineness of the alleged deed shall become an issue to be determined in the action. (Laws 1812, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 167; Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 172; Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 178; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 143, § 1; Code 1863, § 2674; Code 1868, § 2670; Code 1873, § 2712; Code 1882, § 2712; Civil Code 1895, § 3628; Civil Code 1910, § 4210; Code 1933, § 29-415.)