Antone Nordling v. Peter Carlson and Clement G. MacRae

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

By two deeds dated July 8, 1948, and August 3, 1948, Allen Stoddard conveyed to Antone Nordling a parcel of real property near Anchorage, Alaska, for cash payment. Although Nordling claimed to have registered these deeds in the Territorial Land Office, there was no legal record of such conveyances at the time.

On February 3, 1949, the same Allen Stoddard, for a valuable consideration, conveyed the identical parcel of real property to McDowell, who duly and properly recorded the deed therefor on August 9, 1949, as the face of the instrument shows.

At the time of…