INVESTIGATING THE TITLE 29

The purchaser's solicitor should see that the ab-
stract discloses that all deeds which are required to
be registered in Middlesex or Yorkshire have been
so registered. He should also see that any property
which is compulsorily registrable at H.M. Land
Registry has been duly registered. The practice in
registration at H.M. Land Registry is dealt with
in Chapter VIII.

The purchaser's solicitor should also bear in
mind such points as (i) Bankruptcy of a vendor—
whether the subsequent deed abstracted discloses
the title of the trustee of the bankrupt to sell;
(2) Claims for death duties—particularly those
arising before 1926. A purchaser who takes the
property when he has had notice of such duties is
liable to pay them, and the purchaser's solicitor
should note the matter in the margin of the ab-
stract with a view to seeing that they are dis-
charged before he completes his purchase.

The abstract having now been carefully perused,
an appointment should be obtained from the ven-
dor's solicitor to examine the deeds with the ab-
stract. At such appointment all title-deeds in the
vendor's possession included in the abstract are
examined against the abstract.

If there is a mortgage existing on the property
and the deeds are therefore in the possession of
some other solicitor on behalf of the mortgagee—
the deeds must be inspected at the mortgagee's
solicitor's office. The mortgagee's solicitor's costs
of producing such deeds are payable by the vendor.

If the deeds are at a country solicitor's office and
a London solicitor requires them to be produced
at the office of the vendor's solicitor's London
Agents' office—a fee for production will have to be