Legal Opinion

Aitken v. Lane

Montana Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1939No. 7,879PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In this state, by the long and unbroken line of decisions cited below, one who takes a quitclaim deed gets only such title as the grantor has and the rule of caveat emptor applies. (McAdow v. Black, 6 Mont. 601, 13 P. 377; Lynde v.Wakefield, 19 Mont. 23, 47 P. 5; Butte Hardware Co. v.Frank, 25 Mont. 344, 65 P. 1; Wetzstein v. Largey,27 Mont. 212, 225, 70 P. 717; Gibson v. Morris State Bank,49 Mont. 60, 140 P. 76; Lindeman v. Pinson, 54 Mont. 466,171 P. 271; Johnson v. Kaiser, 104 Mont. 261,65 P.2d 1179.) For cases from other jurisdictions see note to Chesney v. Valley Livestock Co., 34 Wyo.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. United States v. California & Oregon Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. May v. Le ClaireSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  4. Villa v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  5. Moelle v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Buell v. McGeeWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Robinson v. First Wyoming Bank, NAMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Tiffany v. UhdeMontana Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Warren v. WarrenMontana Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Croak v. WittemanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945

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