Fletcher v. Collins

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• finding that a deed was conveyed under false pretenses and void where one of six distributees executed a deed conveying the whole property to himself without authority from the other five distributees
• ‘‘A deed based on forgery or obtained by false pretenses is void ab initio, and a mortgage based on such a deed is likewise invalid.”
• “A deed based on forgery or obtained by false pretenses is void ab initio, and a mortgage based on such a deed is likewise invalid.”
• “A deed based on forgery or obtained by false pretenses is void ab ini-tio, and a mortgage based on such a deed is likewise invalid.”
• deed based on forgery or obtained by false pretenses is void ab initio , and a mortgage based on such a deed is likewise invalid

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