Hood v. Webster

Crane, Ch. J.

(dissenting). I cannot agree with Brother Loughran’s view of the law nor with his conclusion on the evidence in this case.

The Real Property Law, section 291, provides: “A conveyance of real property, within the state, on being duly acknowledged by the person executing the same, * * * may be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where such real property is situated, * * *. Every such conveyance not so recorded is void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration, from the same vendor, his heirs or devisees, of the same real…