The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-06-26
OKLAHOMA STATESMAN EXPLAINS
TORRENS TITLES
Welcomes Cooperation of the Nationa
Field in it's Advocacy for The Torrens System.
VIM H. Murray in National Field

correspondents have called attention the necessity adopting
the TOrren Land Registration System Realizing the absolute
cy of the adoption of this principle making explanation
of this system 1t the only thing lost in all my platform and
recommendations the Oklahoma
which presided In the first legislature presided
speaker secured its submission the people the State 1t
thirty thousand majority of those who voted and onst
tuition provides that any fails TO they counted mo-
and there even thousand who did
provision and therefore technically defeated
votes
subject to the Jurisdiction of
the State and State laws and the laws decent and dbu
ton Of inheritance touching land be the law the
situated and defective titles will retard
and make them expensVe and the nature of things
any credit system highly important that
adopted by ali the States New York legislature
dotad sten Of rn credits bnt ror ho,ot bod dtod rho
Torrens Land System.
Then the question What the Torens Land Title
Registration Systemic system of registering titles dstngu
registering evidence of title Deeds which system
produced cumbersome expensive
Torrens Land system had its origin Australia came
official notice in the United States by Governor Russell
Massachusetts, where together the State of New York
it's fullest vgor in State 1t force modified forms
State OF California Colorado Illinois, Minnesota Oregon
ngon (but defective these Sates and installed by Philippine
Commission and Congress Philippine
Islands, extended through the German Empire by
1900 1t is used Denmark Austria and Hungary and of the
Cor Sa of Switzerland county of London England
of the provinces of Canada Indeed all European
where they have Rural Credit Societies. force
States notwithstanding stubborn opposition with which by
the and by land lawyers When
irresistible the only law upon which
we'll the the State unite their support True
hurtfu the abactors and they fight it. It huru
lawyer and he fights it, however, for the first generation will
the land lawyer and give him increased of litigation
system completely installed after which land involving
title practically unknown Suits will to forecos en for
loans money and probate wills and estates
title every stage known citizen who ead-no
with the abstract system By the abstract method used the Amer
States everything uncertain and attended with great expense
Any business desiring purchase land first
mand of the land abstract which usually
page with the minimum price of S. There page
every transfer hence the of 100 years there
of these transfers. each costing SOC $O0
and step since the beginning the sale of that land reced
the 1t Kansas costs
abstract in the City of Mexico while ago weigh
500 pounds and cS thousands Of dollars The next step of the
chaser present the abstract lawyer and retain him look
and render opinion the title The lawyer gives opinion
may good may worthless goes upon
perhaps unimproved an builds and improves
is safely anchor home. Years roll by; defect
covered the technical him for and he goes
defeated his first trial. he sells personal proper
appeals the hires additional COUNSEL and
Supreme Court where he only
which he had spend for attorneys fees and COSTS
and his home This is oyedawn Hundreds of
of this kind have happened 1t exception the rue
the rule Again. under the abstract desires
money quickly him perhaps from financial goes
the bank bank is afraid of the tt has certain
knowing being able
when he had landed security he with financial ruin.
Now the Torens Land System is the it is not regstra
ton of Deeds evidence of title registers the title First
there trial determine the owner wheeupon
cae issued by the after that there
but outstanding certificate That certificate shows every
don of title Any who reads the certificate marked Toens
Land" that good; just buying government
The Wall Street Journal said The Torrens
icae the safest security that could be made law Recently
letter written by the of Ontario Canada which
he sad O all the things of which proud this
vince, most proud of our Torrens Land Law"
Now suppose holder of Toens Certificate desires borrow
100 land and he goes his bank and
says 81 desire to borrow $780," Mr. Banker would ask your
would 81 would like submit that Attorney perhaps
the end of week he might get opinion and then refuse the on
but "Torens" he would say LET the certificate
The moment he looked the certificate he knew
don of the title without single cent of Now the only
thing he would know would be the worth of the land
he knew this he would be ready then he would be
the he would the whole the