Inquiry notice / constructive notice
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 40 U.S. 93 - Brush v. Ware · 1841Most cited · 70 citing opinions
The question is not, whether the defendant in fact saw any of the muniments of title, but whether he was not bound to see them. It will not do for a purchaser to close his eyes to facts—facts which were open to his investigation, by the exercise of that diligence which the law imposes. Such purchasers are not protected... whatever shall put a prudent man on inquiry, is sufficient.
How often courts cite the case defining “Inquiry notice / constructive notice”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Inquiry notice / constructive notice” — 70 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.