Rountree v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing “a preference in Missouri law for construing ambiguous instruments to railroads as easements”
• rejecting Preseault-based argument that fee-simple deed to railroad following survey took “on the character of a condemnation proceeding,” noting the absence of any “Missouri law that would incline us to reach a similar conclusion, permitting us to ignore the deed”
• “For a deed to convey a fee rather than an easement [to the railroad], the intent must be clear from the language in the deed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).