Standring v. Mooney

(dissenting) — I am of the view that the appellants have no right to maintain an action to quiet title against their unqualified and unconditional general warranty deed by which they conveyed the fee simple title to the corporation.

In 1 Cooley’s Blackstone (4th ed.), p. 670, under the heading “Of Alienation By Deed,” the author says:

“. . . it is the most solemn and authentic act that a man can possibly perform, with relation to the disposal of his property; and therefore a man shall always be estopped by his own deed, or not permitted to aver or prove any thing in contradiction to what he has…