Case Name: WALLACE v. LAWRENCE
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-10
Citations: 29 F. Cas. 81
Docket Number: 
Parties: WALLACE v. LAWRENCE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 29
Pages: 81–81

Head Matter:
Case Wo. 17,101.
WALLACE v. LAWRENCE.
[1 Wash. C. C. 503.]
Circuit Court, D. Pennsylvania.
Oct. Term, 1806.
Sheriff’s Deed — Recording—Ejectment.
The title under a sheriff’s deed, although the deed was not recorded until after ejectment brought, is good; because, although such deeds do not convey a .title until recorded, yet the title relates back to the time when the deed was made.
[Cited in Farlin v. Sook. 30 Kan. 403. 1 Pae. 124.]
The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under a deed from the sheriff, who sold the land in question to him, as the highest bidder, under a levari facias. The deed was executed before the ejectment was brought, but was recorded some time after.
Mr. Lewis, for defendant,
stated, that these deeds were not considered as conveying a title, till they are recorded.
Mr. Binney, for plaintiff.
[Originally published from the MSS. of Hon. Bushrod Washington. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, under the supervision of Richard Peters, Jr., Esq.]

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
If this doctrine be as stated, still the title is good, by relation to the time when the deed was made.
Verdict for plaintiff.