70-20-301 Fee simple presumed to pass

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MT Code › Title 70 › Chapter 20 › Part 3 › Section 70-20-301

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70-20-301 . Fee simple presumed to pass. 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.

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