Marshall v. Francis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• a deed whereby grantors purported to convey all their right, title and interest in certain realty conveyed only what grantor owned and no more
• foreclosure of a junior lien-holder has no effect on the rights of the senior mortgagee
• “A junior mortgagee’s security is the property subject to prior encumbrances”
• one cannot convey that which he does not own

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).