What is the test for the proposition that a conveyance of land previously conveyed by a prior recorded deed conveys nothing?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Scheinfeldt v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2001 NSSC 57 (CanLII):

The defendant has also cited as authority for the proposition that a conveyance of land previously conveyed by a prior recorded deed conveys nothing, a principle which I accept. See McKay v. McDonald (1895), 28 N.S.R. 99, (pp.107-108).

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