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Trahan Privately Signed the Deed to His Property Naming His

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Trahan privately signed the deed to his property naming his daughter Beverly as grantee.He did not, however, tell her what he had done.Trahan continued to live and pay taxes on the property.When he died, Beverly discovered the deed in Trahan's safety deposit box.She now claims she has been the owner from the time her father signed the deed and placed it in the safety deposit box.Beverly:


A) is correct, since delivery to a safety deposit box is a normal way to deliver title to property.
B) is not correct, since the deed must be delivered to her when her father, the grantor, is alive.
C) is not correct, since a grantee's acceptance of the deed is never presumed although delivery of title to a safety deposit box is a legal means of delivery once a grantor dies.
D) is not correct, since it was executed privately and therefore is not legal because her father's signature was not acknowledged by a notary.

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