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HORBACH V. PORTER, 154 U. S. 549 (1865)

154 U. S. 549

U.S. Supreme Court

Horbach v. Porter, 154 U.S. 549 (1865)

Horbach v. Porter

Nos. 189, 190

Submitted December 1, 1865

Decided December 18, 1865

154 U.S. 549

Syllabus

When two parties acquire title to the same tract of land from the same grantor, if the later grantee takes his deed with knowledge that the first grantee is in possession of the land and has enclosed it, and is cultivating it, he is chargeable with knowledge of all the equitable rights of the first grantee with which an inquiry world have pot him in possession.

The case is stated in the opinion.


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