Austin v. Fendall

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Austin v. Fendall

9 D.C. 362

CourtDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals

DecidedSeptember 15, 1875

DocketNo. 4008

StatusPublished

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Austin v. Fendall, 9 D.C. 362 (D.C. 1875).

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Where a conveyance of real estate is properly executed and delivered to the grantee, and is afterward handed to the grantor to he put on record, hut the latter dies without recording it, leaving a will in which he makes specific devises of all his property, but makes no mention of the real estate claimed by the grantee: Held, that it is a complete and valid deed, although it be found after the death of the grantor, by his executors, among his other papers.

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Where a conveyance of real estate is properly executed and delivered to the grantee, and is afterward handed to the grantor to he put on record, hut the latter dies without recording it, leaving a will in which he makes specific devises of all his property, but makes no mention of the real estate claimed by the grantee: Held, that it is a complete and valid deed, although it be found after the death of the grantor, by his executors, among his other papers.

STATEMENT OE THE CASE.

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9 D.C. 362, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/austin-v-fendall-dc-1875.