Towry v. Broussard’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The call in the conveyance executed by J.N. Jones to Plaintiffs [Culpeppers], and in the conveyance by the Plaintiffs [Cul-peppers] to the Defendant [Miller], for an abuttal on the North by a road constitutes an implied covenant of the existence of the way, and an implied grant of an easement in the right-of-way. The Defendants [Millers] had both actual and constructive knowledge of the existence of such way. The Defendants, Johnny B. Miller and Wife, Francis Miller, can therefore acquire no greater title in the land in dispute by quit claim deed from J.N. Jones to them, than was owned by J.N. Jones at the time of the conveyance. Defendant’s [Millers’] title to the disputed area is therefore subject to the implied grant of an easement in the right-of-way to the Plaintiffs [Culpep-pers], which was made at the time of the original conveyance to the Plaintiffs [Culpeppers] from J.N. Jones.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller v. Culpepper