Tocci v. Nowfall

The question before the Court is clear cut: Was the conveyance by Industrial Realty Company to T. A. Ratcliffe and wife effectual in conveying the title to the lot in controversy, notwithstanding the omission of the word “trustee” in any, part of it, as against the subsequent deed made by the corporation to Mrs. Nowfall for the same lot, executed and acknowledged as “trustee”? Strictly speaking, the only question is as to the validity and effectiveness of the deed to Ratcliffe and wife in passing title to the property.

On the various phases of the underlying subject — -that is, the exercise of…