Connecticut General Statutes 12-68 – Grantee failing to record deed, grantor taxed. Damages
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When, in consequence of the failure of the purchaser of any real estate or any interest therein to place on the land records of the town in which such real estate is situated the deed or other instrument of conveyance by which such estate or interest therein has been conveyed to him and under which he holds the same, such real estate or interest therein has been set for taxation in the list of such purchaser’s grantor and any lawful tax has been assessed thereon against such grantor and has been paid by him, a right of action shall accrue to such grantor to recover from such purchaser as damages a sum double the amount of such payment.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-68
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Town: means any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-62