Pyles v. Brown

Citations

• 189 Pa. 164
• 42 A. 11
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 618

Syllabus

<p>Deeds and mortgages — Recording acts—Index—Searches — Act of March 18, 1875.</p> <p>A grantee or mortgagee must search for conveyances and mortgages made by any one who has held the title; with conveyances and mortgages to them he has nothing to do. This rule has not been changed by the Act of March 18, 1875, P. L. 82, which requires recorders of deeds to prepare and keep in their offices direct and adsectum indexes of deeds and mortgages, and provides that “the entry of recorded deeds and mortgages in such indexes respectively shall be notice to all persons of the recording of the same.”</p> <p>Where an owner neglects to record his title every presumption is in favor of a subsequent purchaser, and vague and indefinite recitals are not sufficient notice to put him on inquiry outside the record.</p> <p>Where a mortgagee has a clear search against every one who appeared at anv time to have held the title, he is not affected by the recital in a satisfied mortgage, since he is not bound to go back over the records of satisfied mortgages to look for recitals.</p>