When a grant from the state for lands recites that the lands so granted are situated in one (1) county when they are in a different county, the grant shall be as valid as if the locality thereof were truly recited in the grant; and any subsequent conveyances of the lands in which they are stated to be situate in a different county from that in which they lie, may be registered in the county in which the lands lie, and such registration shall be valid as if the deeds of conveyance had correctly set forth the locality of the lands; provided, that nothing in this section and §§ 66-26-108 and 66-26-109 shall affect the rights of creditors or purchasers without notice.Acts 1859-1860, ch. 91, § 3; Shan., § 3766; Code 1932, §7677; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2612.
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