Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 26, 1991No. 1900704PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDOX, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether the grantee violated a condition of a real estate deed so as to cause the title to the property conveyed to revert to and be vested in the heirs of the grantor.
On June 6, 1952, W.A. Powell, a widower, conveyed two forty-acre tracts of land along the rim of Little River Canyon to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (“the Department”). The conveyance culminated a negotiated sale of land to be used as part of a scenic drive along the canyon.
The deed stated in pertinent part:
“TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto the said Department of…
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