
    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.]
    
   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.  