West Coast Lumber Co. v. Griffin

Citations

• 56 Fla. 878

Syllabus

<p>Unrecorded Deed — Subsequent Purchaser Without Notice— Burden of Proof of Notice.</p> <p>Under our recording laws subsequent purchasers acquiring subsequent title without notice of a prior unrecorded deed will be protected against such unrecorded conveyance, unless the party claiming thereunder can show that such subsequent purchaser acquired his title with notice of such unrecorded conveyance. The burden of showing such notice is upon the party claiming under such unrecorded conveyance, as all the presumptions in such a case are in favor of the bona fides of such subsequent purchaser, and that he acquired his title in good faith and without notice of the prior unrecorded conveyance.</p>