Case Name: ORMSBY v. TINGEY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1816-12
Citations: 18 F. Cas. 821
Docket Number: 
Parties: ORMSBY v. TINGEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 18
Pages: 821–821

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,580.
ORMSBY v. TINGEY.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 128.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1816.
Evidence — Copt prom Records — Deed of Personae Property.
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 in-dorser of T. Craven’s note.
Mr. Jones, for 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 Act Md. 1729, c. 8, § 5.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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.