Virginia Building & Loan Co. v. Glenn

Citations

• 99 Va. 460
• 39 S.E. 136
• 1901 Va. LEXIS 65

Syllabus

<p>1. Delinquent Lands—Application to Purchase—Duty of Applicant— notice—Code, Secs. 661 and 666.—In order to acquire title to lands purchased by the Commonwealth for delinquent taxes, the proposed purchaser must comply with all the provisions of section 666 of the Code. When he has done this and rightly gotten his deed, he comes within the protection of section 661, and no question can be raised as to the regularity of the proceedings by which the Commonwealth acquired its title, except as therein provided, but he is not entitled to the benefit of section 661 until he has complied with all the provisions of section 666. Among the provisions of section 666, as amended, to be complied with, is the duty to give notice of an intended application to purchase to persons holding liens on the land.</p> <p>2. Deeds—Registry—Indew.—The recordation of a deed, though not indexed, is notice to subsequent purchasers. While the index is the key to the deed books, it is not essential to due registry.</p>