Crawford v. Tate
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 63 — ACTION TO QUIET TITLE 1. The deed from Abbe T. Crawford and her husband to the appellee did not become effective until the moment when it was lodged for record, and as this did not occur until after the death of the feme covert grantor, her title passed by descent to her heir.
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Case 63 — ACTION TO QUIET TITLE 1. The deed from Abbe T. Crawford and her husband to the appellee did not become effective until the moment when it was lodged for record, and as this did not occur until after the death of the feme covert grantor, her title passed by descent to her heir. Scarborough v. Watkins, &c., 9 B. M., 551; Finley v. Spratt, 14 Bush, 225; Virginia, Act of, 1734, Henning’s Statutes at Large; Virginia, Act of 1748, 1 Morehead & B., 431; Revised Statutes; Gen’t. Stats.; Ky. Stats.; Rover v. Roanoke Natl. Bank, 83 Va., 589; Virginia Code of 1873, chapter 114; 23 Am. & Eng.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 9th day of January, 1895, Abbe T. Crawford and her husband George M. Crawford, conveyed to the appellee, Jeannette I. Tate, a certain lot or parcel of real estate in the city of Louisville, Ivy., which deed was on said date duly *503acknowledged, by tlie grantors, and delivered to the grantee, and the same was duly recorded in the proper office on the 2áth day of March, 1897. It, however, appears that the grantor Abbe T. Crawford died on the 21st day of January, 1895, after the execution and delivery of the deed aforesaid. The appellants Magnus…
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