Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1836-05-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 11 F. Cas. 340 · 4 Cranch, C. C. 729
Opinion
CRANCH, Chief Judge, cited the case of Durham v. Ashton [Case No. 4,192], in this court, at November term, 1832, and stated that the ground of that opinion was that such a deed was void at common law, as decided by the supreme court of the United States in the case of Russell v. Hamilton, 1 Cranch [5 U. S.] 309; that the Maryland statute did not repeal the law in that respect, but was in affirmance of it; and that the acknowledging and recording of a deed void at common law, did not make it valid.