West v. . Jackson

Was the indexing and cross-indexing of the Clifford deed of trust, “Jesse Hinton and wife” a sufficient compliance with the statute ?

The statute, C. S., 3561, requires in substance that the indexes of recorded instruments required to be kept by the register of deeds “shall state in full the names of all the parties, whether grantors, grantees, vendors, vendees, obligors or obligees,” etc.

The construction of this statute produces two divergent theories. Upon one hand it is asserted that as indexing and cross-indexing is.an essential part of registration and essential thereto and since such…