Young v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is also contended that appellant’s status as an innocent purchaser is destroyed because part of the purchase price was not paid until after the deed from H. C. Fields to Theo and Joseph Fields was recorded. In the deed from Orpha Moore to appellant, a vendor’s lien was retained to secure a part of the purchase price. This lien was released by marginal endorsement on May 5, 1938. We have held that a purchaser who obtains notice of an unrecorded conveyance before payment of the purchase price will not be considered as an innocent purchaser for value. Kentucky River Coal Corporation v. Sumner, 195 Ky. 119 , 241 S.W. 820 ; Givens v. Turner, 272 Ky. 211 , 113 S.W.2d 1166 . In the Givens case, we said, although the statement was not material to the decision, that if any of the purchase price is paid subsequent to notice of the first conveyance, the second will not be considered an innocent purchaser. We doubt that the rule is as broad as the opinion would indicate, but it is not necessary to turn this case on a reexamination of that question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lown v. Nichols Plumbing and Heating, Inc.