Touchstone Live Stock Co. v. Easters

1. Section 1 of the act of 1889 (Ga. L. 1889, p. 106) as embodied in the Civil Code, § 3320, declares: “Deeds, mortgages, and liens of all kinds, which are now required by law to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of each county within a specified time, shall, as against the interests of third parties acting in good faith and without notice, who may have acquired a transfer or lien binding the same property, take effect only from the time they are filed for record in the clerk’s office. And the said clerk is required to keep a docket for such filing, showing the day…