Can a forged transfer from a fictitious person be used as a good root of title to a property?

In Gibbs v. Messer, for example, a forged transfer from a fictitious person, even though the transfer was registered, could not provide a good root of title to persons who advanced funds on the strength of a mortgage from that fictitious person (at 255): The protection which the statute gives to persons transacting on the faith of the register is, by its terms, limited to those who actually deal with and derive right from a proprietor whose name is upon the register. Those who deal, not with the registered proprietor, but with a forger who uses his name, do not transact on the faith of the register; and they cannot by registration of a forged deed acquire a valid title in their own person, although the fact of their being registered will enable them to pass a valid right to third parties who purchase from them in good faith and for onerous consideration.