Redding v. Vogt.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. ““It is a rule that a reservation must be to the grantor and not to a stranger, but, while a reservation will not give title to a stranger, it may operate, when so intended by the parties, as an exception from the thing granted, and as notice to the grantee of adverse claims as to the thing excepted or ‘reserved.’ It must not he understood, however, that the exception in such case gives title to such third person, for no one not a party to the deed can acquire any rights or interests in the land by virtue of any exception therein contained more than by a reservation; yet, where third parties already possess rights adverse to those conveyed, an exception may properly be made for the purpose of relieving the grantor from liability on his covenants. The exception, in such event, operates as a recognition of the existing rights of third persons, and serves to convey notice to the grantee.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doak v. Hamilton