Lewis v. Johnson

Citations

• 68 Tex. 448
• 4 S.W. 644
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 715

Syllabus

<p>1. Innocent Purchaser—Land—Notice—Registration.—A contract in writing which purports to convey an interest in land after its location and before patent issues, can not affect a subsequent innocent purchaser from the vendor, or his creditors, unless it is authenticated for record and recorded. The sale of the land certificate after its location, effects an equitable transfer of the land located by virtue of it, but a mere filing of a conveyance which evidences the sale in the general land office, does not give that constructive notice to creditors and subsequent purchasers which results from registration in the proper county.</p>