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|procedural_history=* Shortly afterwards, other Rosengrants sued the nephew | |procedural_history=*Shortly afterwards, other Rosengrants sued the nephew | ||
* The relative claimed that the [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/deed deed] to the nephew was void because it was improperly [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/legal-delivery delivered] & violated the Statute of Wills | *The relative claimed that the [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/deed deed] to the nephew was void because it was improperly [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/legal-delivery delivered] & violated the Statute of Wills | ||
*The nephew lost for failure of proper delivery of the deed | |||
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|issues=Is a deed, executed during a grantor's life but intended to convey land after the grantor's death, a valid means of making such a transfer? | |||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/rosengrant-v-rosengrant | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/rosengrant-v-rosengrant |
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Rosengrant v. Rosengrant | |
Court | Oklahoma Courts of Appeal |
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Citation | 629 P.2d 800 |
Date decided | March 31, 1981 |
Facts
- Rosengrant = a retired couple that lived in Oklahoma
- Rosengrant = a nephew of the retired couple who comes to take care of their farm
- In June 1972, the couple granted the farm to their nephew by signing a deed
- The plan was for the nephew to record the deed after the passing of the couple
- The nephew was told that he could have retrieved the deed earlier
- The couple were supposed to own the farm until their deaths
- The couple died in 1974 & 1978
- Next, the nephew recorded the deed after 1978
Procedural History
Issues
Is a deed, executed during a grantor's life but intended to convey land after the grantor's death, a valid means of making such a transfer?
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