<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">My one case that I got to argue at the Supreme Court dealt with the enforceability of fee simple determinable estates.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Alby v Banc One (2006)</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6610484979493170052&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6610484979493170052&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Roger Hawkes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Roger@law-hawks.com" target="_blank">Roger@law-hawks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Egads!! Picking nits by title insurer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I would seek other insurer’s inputs; failing a change, then advise Buyer that it probably will impact a future sale or pledge by them; they can do a quiet title action, of course; and have the Sellers pay for
cleaning it up?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Roger Hawkes, WSBA 5173<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">19909 Ballinger Way NE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Shoreline, WA 98155<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">206 367 5000 voice<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Marc Holmes [mailto:<a href="mailto:marc@holmeslawgroup.com" target="_blank">marc@holmeslawgroup.<wbr>com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 30, 2017 4:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Possibility of Reverter<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mates,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I have a client purchasing a single family home and an old deed showed up on title with a restriction against “carrying on a trade or business” on the property or else
the property “immediately reverts to the grantors” who are long since dead. I’ve been to the property and there is nothing there to suggest it’s been used for anything but a typical residence since the house was built in the 90s and the current owners have
owned for more than 10 years. However, they have registered two LLCs to using this property’s address. When asked they said they have never operated a business on the property and that the LLCs are holding companies they own for two completely unrelated
multifamily properties run by an outside property manager. On the advice of their real estate agent, they signed and notarized a written statement to that effect.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The sellers will be conveying by warranty deed and the title company is excepting the old deed from title policy. Whether the old deed was sufficient to create a defeasible
fee is debatable but assuming that it was, what more, if anything, should I do to look out for the buyers’ interest? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marc Holmes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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