Riggs v. New Castle

Citations

• 229 Pa. 490
• 78 A. 1037
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 519

Syllabus

<p>Deeds — Municipal corporations — Fee simple — Easement in gross— Base fee.</p> <p>1. A declaration in a grant to a corporation that land is conveyed for certain purposes does not necessarily import a limitation of the fee. It is to be construed rather as an assertion of the intended legality of the grant.</p> <p>2. A written agreement, under seal, which provides that a borough, its lessees and assigns, “may and shall occupy forever for purposes of wharf” certain land of parties named and that these parties may and shall occupy forever certain land belonging to the borough, passes a fee absolute in the land conveyed to the borough.</p> <p>3. No prescribed form is essential to the validity of a deed; and a deed informally drawn will convey a fee.</p>