The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-04


tinuc viii, IN tho coarse of time.
quiet titles hers. bat this Is the
only way They can % qriesed.
The only States n the United
States which have adopted the
Torrcns Act are Illinois California. z
Massachusetts,. Minncsto. Oregon +
and Colorado Al thcse with the +
possible exception of Massachusetts
were laid off IN sections and quar-
ter sections. and in them the diff
cuity OF description could not arise
and moreover. in them, IS before
stated. If ever. arose. Therefore.
even If II were proven that the
system had worked well IN those
states. II would &c no argument
for the bill in Virginia
Ii has been suggested that this
difficulty might be remedicd bv
requiring that all adverse claimants
should be served with actual notice
and by further provision that nm
less this were done. the decree
should be void as 20 them. Man
testify. however. this would dc
feat the whole scheme. because If
such was the law when one came
20 buy q registered tract OF land.
he would have 20 make inquiry IN
the country TO ascertain whether
+ or not all parties who were inter
cstcd n the time OF the apDh-
cation had been made parties TO
the proceeding. and served with
notice. In other ds. il would
still bc necessary 20 examine the
title To registered land. and the
certificate of registration would be
wosthlcSs. Il Is absolutely cs-
scntial that the published notice
To all whom IL may concern b
shall bc binding on the world, and
that the subsequent decree shall
likewise bc binding. whether the
parties i'm interest were served
with notice or not The resul,
Is that the scheme Is wholly i'm
practicable in a State where land
cannot bc So described rs e. at
once put everyone who may rcad
the notice upon notice OF the faci
that his rights are being attacked.
THE COURTS. rs At PRES
ENT ORGANIZED. ARE BET
TER TRIBUNALS FOR THE
SETTLEMENT OF LAND tt
TIES THAN WOULD BE THE
PROPOSED COURT OF LAM
. i pIEIGTg2 ArrIONtf
, There IS no question concerning
+. title 90 land which cannot DC settled
E in our courts as they now exist
r There are some forty or mort
/ Circuit and Corporation Courts II
the State which now have juriSl
< diction over the subject. II II i
desired 20 have all questions set
. tied concerning land titles Is Sooi
As possible. IL contain that thcS
forty or more Courts could Settl'
5 them much more speedily than tn
: one court provided for. III the Tor
, rens Bill. To assume that on
, nudge could DO the work NOR
speedily than some forty or nor
1 iNNZGN NOQ4G AtO IL - NNAAlN
7 chimcra OF the " heat oppresSe,
r BRAIN
AT least such is surely the cas-
4 if the questions are TO be settles
r. rightly. II they were concerning
a land in the Philippines OF Hawaii
Z it would make no difference 10
: the whole question with rcfcrcnc
: to these latest additions 20 GU
5 country is. that they shall be paC
10 flied. audit is immaterial how thi
{ is done. whether Justly. whethe
{ BY fraud. or force. or murder
c The Torrcns System may, there
: fore. be a beautiful scheme ia
n these benighted islands. But Vii
: ginianS cannot DC pacificd exceI
d with Justice. and the Judge of til
; Land Registration Court coul
= soon find that IL took him as Ion