Tabor Street

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 167

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Dedication—Recording of deeds — Notice.</p> <p>Where an owner of land sells lots on instalments reserving title to himself until the last instalment is paid, and after such instalments are paid, but before deeds are executed to the purchasers, he executes an absolute deed of dedication to the public of a street on which the lots abut, and indemnifies the city against all damages caused by the grading of the street, and the deed of dedication is accepted by the city and duly recorded, the deed and the release are binding upon the purchasers from the owner whose deeds are executed and recorded after the recording of the deed of dedication.</p> <p>Whatever puts a party upon inquiry amounts in judgment of law to notice, provided the inquiry becomes a duty, as in the case of purchasers and creditors, and would lead to the knowledge of the requisite fact by the exercise of ordinary diligence and understanding.</p>