Stovall v. Judah

Citations

• 74 Miss. 747
• 21 So. 614

Syllabus

<p>1. Lost Deed. Evidence.</p> <p>Evidence to establish, an alleged lost deed examined and adjudged insufficient.</p> <p>2. Constructive Notice. Deed. Trust deed. Record.</p> <p>Where a purchaser of land fails to record his deed, but the vendor duly records a deed of trust, given by the purchaser to secure the purchase money, the record of the latter is constructive notice to the trustee and beneficiaries therein of the rig’hts of the purchaser.</p> <p>3. Same. Occupation. Unrecorded deed.</p> <p>The open, exclusive, and continuous occupation of land, under an unrecorded deed, is constructive notice to creditors and subsequent purchasers of the occupant’s rights.</p>