Davey v. Ruffell

Citations

• 162 Pa. 443
• 29 A. 894
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 999

Syllabus

<p>Deeds — Recording acts — Act of May 19, 1893.</p> <p>The act of May 19, 1893, P. L. 108, relating to the recording of deeds, is effective to change the law as it stood before, in only one particular, viz: it reduces the time within which a purchaser must record his deed from six months to ninety days; in all other respects the law remains as it was before.</p> <p>The words “or creditors of the grantor or bargainor,” in the act of May 19, 1893, are inoperative, as there is no method provided, either by the act of May 19, 1893, or by any other act, by which such creditors may place themselves upon the record in advance of a deed or mortgage.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Statutes—Title of act — Notary.</p> <p>As the act of March 18, 1775, requires all conveyances to be recorded, the subject of the amendment proposed in the title of the act of May 19, 1893, P. L. 108, “requiring certain conveyances to he recorded,” falls for want of anything upon which it may take effect.</p> <p>The amendments in the act of May 19, 1893, relating to the officers before whom acknowledgments may be taken, and their powers, are inoperative, as there is no hint in the title of the act of a purpose to change the manner of taking acknowledgments, the officers before whom they could be taken, or the jurisdiction or powers of such officers.</p>