Wild Deeds

I just learned this bit of legalese; here's the Black's Law Dictionary definition:

wild deed. (1914) 1. A recorded deed that does not appear to be in the chain of title because a previous conveyance in the chain of title was either not recorded or not properly indexed. 2. A deed by which a grantor purports to convey or create an interest that the grantor does not own, esp. a deed from a complete stranger to title.

Comments

[Phosita]

For those of us who still teach title recording in 1L Property, this is a familiar concept. The classic case Board of Ed. of Minneapolis v. Hughes (Minn. 1912) is the seminal teaching case -- a wonderful lesson in how recording errors and lapses can cause unanticipated and (probably) unjust results.

[Eddy]

"seminal teaching case"

A few years ago the term "seminal" would have been considered sexist

https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2014/04/21/dont-say-seminal-its-sexist/

...but today the tables have turned, and people who call the term sexist are themselves sexist because they assume a woman can't have male equipment.

[James Pollock]

Maybe they just assume that women, and men, and mixed companies of both, can both spell and look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary.

(Yes, Eddy, women can have dictionaries)

[James K. Polk]

I look forward to Professor Volokh's youtube video on the subject, entitled "Deeds Gone Wild!".

[Mr. Jwpvysig, Jr.]

Show us your deeds!

[Jellis58]

I definitely learned this term and concept in 1L property class. (UCLA Law class of 2009, FWIW)

[Pettifogger]

"Wild deeds" are still a relevant concept in the practice of real estate law.

[D-Pizzle]

Yes. I did not learn the term in Property, but I did in Real Estate.

[Number 2]

Wild deeds are tastier than farm grown.