Bryce v. Jones

The facts underlying this appeal read like what one would expect to find in a law school examination in a real property class. Prior to March 9, 1966 Lorraine Karpinsky owned the property which is the subject of this litigation. On that date she sold this lot to one Stanley Hojnacki on a land contract. The land contract was not recorded. On August 31, 1966 she conveyed the property to plaintiffs by warranty deed. There is nothing on the deed indicating the existence of the land contract or evidencing that the deed was only for the vendor’s interest.

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