Roberts v. Osburn

How courts have described this case

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• holding that legal title does not pass to the grantee until all conditions are performed and the deed is released from escrow
• finding buyer under Kansas contract for deed on real property becomes the equitable owner of the realty while seller retains legal title as security for the purchase price and is in position of a mortgagee with none of the risks of beneficial ownership
• equitable owners under contract for sale held to be owners of real estate for operation of easement
• discussing split of legal and equitable title to land

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).