 | James Kent - Law - 1848 - 798 pages
...grantor, his heirs and devisees, and persons haring actual notice thereof, unless recorded. Notice such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life, is sufficient. Curtis r. Mundy, 3i Xelcalf, 405. 0 Farnsworth r. Childs, 4 Mass. Rep. 637. M' Median... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Vendors and purchasers - 1851 - 778 pages
...he would acquire by seeing the deed, or being told thereof by the grantor. The notice is sufficient, if it be such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life. But it is not sufficient to prove facts, that would reasonably put the subsequent grantee on inquiry.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 824 pages
...the Court, •aid: "It is notice, not knowledge, which is required, and it can •only be required to be such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life ; and whatever is sufficient to direct the attention of a purchaser to the prior rights or equities... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1858 - 778 pages
...grantor, bis heirs, and devisees, and. persons having actual notice tberenf, unless recorded. Notice such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life, is sufficient. Curtis v. Mundy, 3 Metealf, 405. (c) Furnsworth v. Childs, 4 Mass. Rep. 637. M'Mechan... | |
 | Francis Hilliard - Real property - 1868 - 670 pages
...terms actual and constructive are said to be indefinite with reference to notice.6 Actual notice is such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life ; not positive and certain knowledge (in reference to a prior deed) of its existence, as by seeing... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Vendors and purchasers - 1873 - 774 pages
...he would acquire by seeing the deed, or being told thereof by the grantor. The notice is sufficient, if it be such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life. But it is not sufficient to prove facts, that would reasonably put the subsequent grantee on inquiry.... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 866 pages
...should have hud actual und positive knowledge of such fraud, before the assignment of said note to him; but that is sufficient notice if it be such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life. " The objection urged against this instruction is, that: the assignee of a negotiable note before maturity... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1884 - 728 pages
...grantor, his heirs, and devisees, and persons having actual notice tliereof, unless recorded. Notice such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life is sufficient. Curtis a. Mundy, 3 Met 405. (c) Farnsworth i>. Childg, 4 Mass. 637 ; M'Mechan v. Griffing,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 868 pages
...conceive, tend in the least to a conviction that there was any notice, such as is required by the statute. Actual notice does not require positive and certain...laid from which the inference of actual notice may be drawn : Curtis v. Mundy, 3 Met. 405. In the states of Maine and Massachusetts there are registry laws... | |
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Actual notice does not require positive and certain knowledge, such as seeing the deed; but that is sufficient notice, if it be such as men usually act upon in the ordinary affairs of life. 
