Lynch v. Bunting

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This case, in dealing with the construction of the words of the deed, calls into play certain intricate and abstruse terms of property law which many courts and writers have used interchangeably with confusing results. This, in a measure, may be seen from the stipulation where the plaintiff claims that the deed in question conveyed a “limited,” “base,” “qualified” or “determinable” fee. Each of these terms have been used by certain authorities and often in contra-distinction to each other. The term “limitation” is not strictly accurate when used…