Vendor contracted to convey land to purchaser by a deed which was to contain a covenant against encumbrances. A public easement of way over the property was outstanding, and on part of this easement a gravel road had been built. Purchaser paid some instalments and took possession but, upon learning of the easement, sued to rescind. The trial court found that the easement would have been discovered by a reasonable investigation, and therefore the contract did not protect purchaser from this easement. On appeal, held, affirmed. A contract to convey real estate free of encumbrances does not refer to easements, permanent in character, which are either known or should have been discovered by the purchaser. Somers v. Leiser, (Wash. 1953) 259 P. (...
Plaintiffs were the owners of two lots in a subdivision originally owned by a real estate developmen...
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Vendor contracted to convey land to purchaser by a deed which was to contain a covenant against encu...
Plaintiffs and defendants owned adjoining farms. About thirty years ago their predecessors in title ...
Plaintiffs claimed an easement by implied grant in a driveway situated wholly on defendants\u27 land...
Plaintiff sued to have certain lots declared free and clear of a restrictive covenant. The land was ...
Defendant Campbell assigned a contract to purchase land from the plaintiff to the defendant bank, th...
The case of McClure v. Southfield Woods Corporation, decided by the Michigan supreme court last year...
Plaintiff, a broker, procured from defendant a listing agreement for the sale of defendant\u27s prop...
Plaintiffs brought this suit in equity to establish their right to an alleged easement acquired by p...
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Certain farm owners, intending to subdivide the land, conveyed a lot to plaintiff by a deed restrict...
Despite the fact that during the year under consideration the courts have had to deal with run-of-th...
Defendants\u27 intestate, who owned large interests in two lime companies operating in Washington an...
Plaintiffs were the owners of two lots in a subdivision originally owned by a real estate developmen...
In most cases identification of a ‘contract for the sale of land’ is a relatively easy exercise with...
This article discusses a California case which court held that posting of permission-to-pass sig...
Vendor contracted to convey land to purchaser by a deed which was to contain a covenant against encu...
Plaintiffs and defendants owned adjoining farms. About thirty years ago their predecessors in title ...
Plaintiffs claimed an easement by implied grant in a driveway situated wholly on defendants\u27 land...
Plaintiff sued to have certain lots declared free and clear of a restrictive covenant. The land was ...
Defendant Campbell assigned a contract to purchase land from the plaintiff to the defendant bank, th...
The case of McClure v. Southfield Woods Corporation, decided by the Michigan supreme court last year...
Plaintiff, a broker, procured from defendant a listing agreement for the sale of defendant\u27s prop...
Plaintiffs brought this suit in equity to establish their right to an alleged easement acquired by p...
Prescriptive easements form an important but often overlooked building block in the architecture of ...
Certain farm owners, intending to subdivide the land, conveyed a lot to plaintiff by a deed restrict...
Despite the fact that during the year under consideration the courts have had to deal with run-of-th...
Defendants\u27 intestate, who owned large interests in two lime companies operating in Washington an...
Plaintiffs were the owners of two lots in a subdivision originally owned by a real estate developmen...
In most cases identification of a ‘contract for the sale of land’ is a relatively easy exercise with...
This article discusses a California case which court held that posting of permission-to-pass sig...