Fike v. Harshbarger

We shall here hold invalid for lack of proof of delivery a deed executed by a father to one daughter, placed by him in the hands of another daughter sometime after execution and a number of years before the father’s death, and recorded by the grantee after the death of her father. The Court of Special Appeals considered this matter in Fike v. Harshbarger, 20 Md. App. 661, 317 A. 2d 859 (1974), and reached a conclusion similar to that reached by us.

We granted the writ of certiorari in order that we might again consider what constitutes a valid delivery of a properly executed deed where the…