Title 44, Chapter 2, Section 24
( 44-2-24)
Where an affidavit of forgery has been filed to the plaintiff's
deed, and the deed has been turned over to the defendant or his
counsel in order to procure evidence upon the issue of forgery, and
such deed is destroyed or lost by the defendant or his counsel or
for any cause is not returned to the plaintiff, the judge trying the
case shall strike the affidavit of forgery and withdraw the issue
from the jury until the deed is produced. The same rule shall apply
when the plaintiff files an affidavit of forgery as to the deed of
the defendant. | 
