A fee simple title is presumed to be intended to pass by a grant of real property unless it appears from the grant that a lesser estate was intended.
Idaho Code § 55-604
Fee presumed to pass
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Union Pacific Railroad v. Ethington Family Trust (2002)
Most recently applied in Blendu v. United States (November 2007)
1863, p. 528, § 43; R.S., § 2927; reen
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Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.