Supreme Court of Virginia January 10, 1871 (Jones v. Phelan & Collander)

Moncure, P.,

after stating the case, proceeded:

If Phelan and Collander had taken a deed of trust from Jones and Griswold on the billiard tables to secure the purchase money, and caused the deed to be recorded before the property was carried on the leased premises, the hen of the deed would have been good against the lessor’s claim for rent, and only the lessees’ interest in the property, to wit,