Hagerty v. Goodlad

Citations

• 70 Kan. 734
• 79 P. 664
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 39

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Title and Ownership— Unrecorded Deed — Grantee Not Estopped.. A grantee of real estate that neglects for a period of twelve-years to put his deed on record, during which time the title of' record remains in the grantor and the latter continues in possession, paying taxes in his own name and erecting lasting and. valuable improvements at his own expense, is not estopped to-assert his ownership as against creditors of the grantor subsequent to the execution of the deed, where it is not shown that, such credits were induced or extended on the basis that the: grantor was the owner of the land.</p>