Stockwell v. Williams

The deed was not intended by the parties to, and did not, take effect upon its execution as the present deed of the defendant to the plaintiff. The facts, that the insurance was not transferred at that time but was to be transferred when the deed was to be delivered on or after April 1, and that before the delivery of the deed the defendant was not to pay rent for the room she occupied in the premises but was to pay rent after the deed was delivered, show conclusively that the parties themselves understood that the deed did not take effect upon its execution, and was not to do so until after…