ART. 21] PRIORITY OF RECORD. 507

of Balto., 8 Md. 352. Hutchins v. Dixon, 11 Md. 29. Brown v. Murdoch,
16 Md. 533. Phelps v. Phelps, 17 Md. 121. Knell v. Green St. Bldg. Ass'n.,
34 Md. 67 Rosenthal v. Maryland Brick Co., 61 Md. 594. Nickel v. Brown,
75 Md. 172.

1888, art. 21, sec. 15. 1860, art. 24, sec. 15 1856, ch. 154, sec 102.

16. No deed of real property shall be valid for the purpose
of passing title unless acknowledged and recorded as herein
directed.
Nickel v. Brown, 75 Md. 172.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1860, art. 24, sec. 16. 1825, ch. 203, sec. 1.

16. Where there are two or more deeds conveying the same
lands or chattels real, the deed or deeds which shall be first
recorded according to law shall be preferred, if made bona fide
and upon good and valuable consideration. This section to
apply to all deeds of mortgage, and to all other deeds or con-
veyances to the validity of which recording is necessary.

Moncrieff v. Goldsborough, 4 H. & McH. 281. Carroll's Lessee v. Norwood,
1 H. & J. 167. Hardy v. Summeis, 10 G. & J. 316 Ohio Life Ins. & T. Co.
v. Wmn, 2 Md. Ch. 25. Gill v. McAtee, 2 Md. Ch. 255. Johns v. Scott, 3
Md. Ch. 57. O'Neill v. Cole, 3 Md. Ch. 174. U. S. Ins. Co. v. Shriver, 3
Md. Ch. 381. Ing v. Brown, 3 Md Ch. 521. Clabaugh v. Byerly, 7 Gill, 354.
Woollen v. Hillen, 9 Gill, 194. Price v. McDonald, 1 Md. 403. O'Neill v.
Cole, 4 Md. 107. Johns v. Scott, 5 Md. 81. General Ins. Co v. U. S Ins.
Co , 10 Md. 517. Williams v. Banks, 11 Md 198. Johns v. Reardon, 11
Md. 465. Cooke's Lessee v. Kell, 13 Md. 469. Wilson v. Russell, 13 Md
496. Farquharson v. Eichelberger, 15 Md. 73. Cockey v. Milne's Lessee,
16 Md. 207. Hoffman S. C. Co. v. C. C. & I. Co., 16 Md. 456. Waters'
Lessee v. Riggin, 19 Md. 536. Moore v. Blondheim, 19 Md. 175 Willard's
Exrs. v. Ramsburg, 22 Md. 206. Nelson v. Hagerstown Bank, 27 Md 51.
Chew v. Buchanan, 30 Md. 376. Knell v. Green St. Bldg. Ass'n 34 Md. 67.
Busey v Reese, 38 Md. 264. Kane v. Roberts, 40 Md. 593. Swartz vs
Chickering, 58 Md 290 Tyler v. Abergh, 65 Md. 18. Nickel v. Brown,
75 Md. 172.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1860, art. 24, sec. 17 1813, ch. 104, sec 4

17. When a trustee sells and conveys lands lying in one
county, under a decree passed in another county, the deed shall
be recorded in each county where the land lies, and shall recite
so much of the decree under which, the sale was made as will
show when and by what court it was passed, and the names of
the parties, and the appointment of the trustee who made the
sale; the city of Baltimore is to be regarded as a county in the
meaning of this section.