Trask v. Merriam

*89OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WILDER, J.

This is an appeal by tlie registrar of conveyances from a peremptory writ of mandamus directing liim to record a deed ■conveying certain interests in land for the consideration of $25. 'Tlie registrar refused to record the deed because he was not satisfied that the consideration of $25 expressed in the deed was the actual consideration paid.

Section 2360, R. L., provides that “it shall not be lawful to record any conveyance or other instrument required by law to be stamped unless the same shall have been previously .stamped as provided in chapter 101.”

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