Shell v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Mrs. Greer occupies the same legal position as her father insofar as this property is concerned, and can claim no better right or title to the land than could have her deceased ancestor. Since her father had sold the property to plaintiff and had warranted the title, he would have been precluded from questioning plaintiff’s title. Mrs. Greer, having accepted her father’s succession, is bound by her father’s warranty and is likewise precluded from claiming title against plaintiff. See Griffing v. Taft (1922), 151 La. 442 , 91 So. 832 . “It is argued that the above rule of law should not prevail in the instant case because Shell had delayed some 15 years in recording his deed, causing defendant and the other heirs to proceed in ignorance of plaintiff’s ownership. This argument was advanced in Griffing v. Taft, supra, but the court held that the warranty clause in the deed obligated the vendor, without registry, and the heirs who have accepted his succession unconditionally have assumed the obligation whether they were or were not aware of it when they accepted the succession. The court also held heirs claiming by inheritance are not in the situation of third parties. “We think the holding in the above case is clearly applicable to the present situation and we conclude defendant herein is bound by her father’s warranty and can claim nothing against plaintiff by virtue of the judgment of possession and voluntary act of partition.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 212 So. 2d 213 - Butler v. Butler