Voorhies v. Voorhies

The question has been raised at the outset in this case as to whether the certificate, searches, and abstract of title of the official examiner are prima facie proof in and of themselves of the chain of title. By no rules of evidence that I know of is the abstract of title made by a searcher evidence in a court of law or equity, and I do not consider that article 12 of the Beal Property Law, providing for registry of title to real property, makes it such. The Title Begistra*79tion Law provides for the appointment of certain lawyers or corporations to he official examiners of title; and, on…