· 9/6/1979
Veach v. Culp
Citations
- 599 P.2d 526
- 92 Wash. 2d 570
- 1979 Wash. LEXIS 1427
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a deed conveying “[a] right-of- way one hundred feet wide” conveyed an easement, not a fee simple
- construing a deed quitclaiming a “ ‘right-of-way one hundred feet wide, being fifty feet on each side of the center line of the B.B. & Eastern R.R. as now located. ..”
- finding an easement where the granting clause conveyed “[a] right-of-way one hundred feet wide . . . excepting all rights for road purposes that may have been conveyed to [the County] and reserving all littoral and riparian rights to [the grantors]”
- “To have and to hold, all and singular, said premises, together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part, and to its assigns forever.”
- use of language \right-of-way\ is conclusive of intent to convey easement
- granted “[a] right-of-way one hundred feet wide . . .”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Brachtenbach, Utter, Rosellini, Wright, Horowitz, Dolliver, Hicks, Williams, Elston
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