Dorman v. Goodman

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 then owner, conveyed the land in question to D. A. McLaurin by deed recorded the following day. On 10 December, 1925, D. A. McLaurin and wife conveyed a one-half interest in the land to…