Buchwald v. Buchwald

The question submitted by this appeal is whether a deed, manually and physically transferred by the grantor to the grantee subject to the conditions (1) that it be not recorded during the grantor’s lifetime, and (2) that the grantor might, if the grantee predeceased him, retake and cancel it, passed to the grantee an indefeasible title to the land described therein.

That question arises in this way: Paul R. Buchwald, Sr., owned property known as Nos. 4608, 4605 and 4607 Harford Road, in Baltimore. On May 22nd, 1935, he signed, sealed and acknowledged a deed conveying that property to his son,…