An otherwise effective conveyance of property transfers the entire interest which the conveyor has and has the power to convey, unless an intent to transfer a less interest is effectively manifested. No words of inheritance or other special words are necessary to transfer a fee simple.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-104
Interest transferred by effective conveyance; fee simple; special words unnecessary
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Union Pacific Railroad (1992)
Most recently applied in Reikofski v. Bodwell (March 1995)
Laws 1941, c. 153, § 4, p. 595; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 76-1004; R.S.1943, § 76-104.
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