FIKE v. HARSHBARGER

No. 431, September Term, 1973.

20 Md. App. 661 (1974)

317 A.2d 859

WILMA BELLE FIKE v. HELEN HARSHBARGER ET AL., PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK THOMAS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Grant for appellant.

W. Dwight Stover for appellees.

The cause was argued before POWERS, DAVIDSON and MOORE, JJ.


POWERS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Delivery is the last but an indispensable step by a grantor to give validity and operative effect to a deed for conveyance of real estate. Execution and acknowledgment are equally indispensable but, without delivery, accomplish nothing.

To accomplish delivery a grantor need not hand the completed instrument to the grantee; delivery to the grantee is constructively...

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