Gibbs v. McGuire

Citations

• 70 Miss. 646

Syllabus

<p>1. Seals. Code 1880, § 993, abolishing. Not retroactive.</p> <p>Section 998, code 1880, abolishing all distinctions between sealed and unsealed instruments, except as to corporations, was not retroactive. It does not affect conveyances executed prior to the adoption of, said code, either as to the rights conferred by them or the remedies on them.</p> <p>2. Same. Title in ejectment. Unsealed deed. Lev rei situs.</p> <p>Accordingly, an unsealed deed, executed prior to the code of 1880, did not convey the legal title, and cannot now be relied on as evidence of title by a plaintiff in ejectment. That the deed was executed in another state, where seals were not required, makes no difference. The lev rei situs controls.</p>