Case Name: Ormsby v. Tingey
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1816-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 128
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ormsby v. Tingey.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
Ormsby v. Tingey.
A copy, from the records, of a deed of personal property, which derives no validity from being recorded, is not competent evidence.
Assumpsit, against the defendant, as indorser of T. Craven’s note.
Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff,
offered to read, in evidence, a copy from the record of a deed of personal property, from Craven to Tingey, in trust, to secure Tingey; the property to remain in the possession of Craven until Tingey should be liable, &c. The deed was not recorded within twenty days, as required by the Act of Maryland, 1729, c. 8, § 5.

Opinion:
The Court
decided that, inasmuch as the deed could not obtain validity by being recorded after the twenty days, a copy from the record was not competent evidence.