Morris v. Wicks

Citations

• 81 Kan. 790
• 106 P. 1048
• 1910 Kan. LEXIS 431

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Deeds — Quitclaim—Consideration—Prior Unrecorded Deed by Same Grantor. In order for the grantee in a quitclaim deed to take advantage of the statute requiring conveyances of real ■estate to be recorded, and thereby to defeat the title held under an earlier unrecorded deed executed by the same grantor, he must have paid a valuable consideration therefor, and the payment of a merely nominal amount will not meet this requirement.</p>