Gregg v. Link’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In the case at bar, the trial court noted that since Mrs. Prince had made a valid gift of her property to the Greggs, she had nothing to give when she attempted to make a gift to Mrs. Link. We agree with the trial court and his reasoning is compatible with our Supreme Court’s statement in Simpkinson, “Of course a mere volunteer would stand in the shoes of his grantor, and notice to the latter would be notice to him.” Simpkinson v. McGee, 72 Tenn. (4 Lea) [432] at 439. “Therefore, we hold that under our recording statutes a prior unrecorded deed will take precedence over a subsequent deed to a donee although the subsequent deed is recorded first.””

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