Baggett v. McKenzie’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““He [Baggett] left the certificate subject to the control of Watson, and cannot complain if thereby he has lost interest in it, which he might otherwise have asserted. If his title bond gave Baggett an interest in the certificate, had he exercised the slightest diligence or reasonable prudence, he would have had it duly authenticated and deposited in the General Land Office, with the field notes of the survey, and thus have prevented Watson from lifting it from the land, or procuring the unlocated balance of the certificate which he sold to McKenzie. Having failed to do this, he must be postponed to the subsequent purchaser, who in good faith has acquired the better right to the certificate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tompkins v. Creighton-McShane Oil Co.