Dorman v. . Goodman

Action for breach of warranty of title and against encumbrance in defendants' deed to plaintiff, heard upon agreed statement of facts. From judgment for defendants plaintiff appealed. This appeal presents two questions for determination:

1. Was the deed to defendants' predecessor in title indexed and cross-indexed on the registry so as to constitute notice to a subsequent judgment creditor?

2. Had plaintiff's title by possession under color ripened into an indefeasible title before the docketing of the judgment?

The facts agreed present this situation:

On 9 December, 1925, J. Frank Crowell, the…