Wilkins v. Reed

This appeal presents a question of priority arising under our registration laws. The defendant Bank took, as security for a loan, a deed of trust on certain lands which was properly executed and acknowledged and contained a correct description of the lands. Complainant, a creditor of the land owner, grantor in the Trust Deed, filed his bill to. attach this land and asserts priority over the Trust Deed creditor on the ground of an alleged defect in the registration of that instrument, in that, while in all other respects regular and complete, the signature of the Notary Public to his…