Sec. 659. Releases
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This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
Sec. 659. Releases
A release of an interest in realty is within the statute, whether the release attempts to pass a fee,1 or a life estate,2 or a term of years,3 or an equitable interest.4 So an agreement by an heir mer, 42 Neb. 423; 60 N. W. 924.
7 Stork v. Cannady, 3 Litt. (Ky.) 399; 14 Am. Dec. 76 (obiter).
8 Manning v. Pippen, 86 Ala. 357; 11 Am. St. Rep. 46; 5 So. 572; Pond v. Sheean, 132 111. 312; 8 L. R. A. 414; 23 N. E. 1018; Alerding v. Allison, 31 Ind. App. 397; 68 N. E. 185; Orth v. Orth, 145 Ind. 184; 57 Am. St. Rep. 185; 32 L. R. A. 298; 42 N. E. 277; rehearing denied, 145 Ind. 206; 57 Am. St. Rep. 201; 32 L. R. A. 308; 44 N. E. 17; Austin v. Davis, 128 Ind. 472; 25 Am. St. Rep. 456; 12 L. R. A. 120; 26 N. E. 890; Hamilton v. Thirston, 93 Md. 213; 48 Atl. 709; Emery v. Burbank, 163 Mass. 326; 47 Am. St. Rep. 456; 28 L. R. A. 57; 39 N. E. 1026; De Moss v. Robinson, 46 Mich. 62; 41 Am. Rep. 144; 8 N. W. 712; Teske v. Dittberner, 63 Neb. 607; 88 N. W. 658; Smith v. Smith. 28 N. J. L. 208; 78 Am. Dec. 49; Blount v. Washington, 10S N. C. 230; 12 S. E. 1008; Kling v. Bordner, 65 O. S. 86; 61 N. E. 148; Shahan v. Swan, 4S O. S. 25: 29 Am. St. Rep. 517;
26 N. E. 222; Richardson v. Orth, 40 Or. 252; 66 Pac. 925; 69 Pac. 455; Swash v. Sharpstein, 14 Wash. 426; 32 L. R. A. 796; 44 Pac. 862; In re Sheldon's Estate, - Wis. -; 97 N. W. 524.
9 Austin v. Davis. 128 Ind. 472; 25 Am. St. Rep. 456; 12 L. R. A. 120; 26 N. E. 890.
10 Turnipseed v. Sirrine, 57 S. C. 559; 76 Am. St. Rep. 580; 35 S. E. 757; rehearing denied, 35 S. E. 1035.
11Dicken v. McKinley, 163 111. 318; 54 Am. St. Rep. 471; 45 N. E. 134.
1 Hughes v. Moore, 7 Cranch (U. S.) 176; Brands v. De Witt, 44 N. J. Eq. 545; 6 Am. St. Rep. 909; 10 Atl. 181; 14 Atl. 894.
2 As dower, Brown v. Rawlings, 72 Ind. 505: Wright v. De Graff, 14 Mich. 164; Gordon v. Gordon, 54 N. H. 152.
3Lammott v. Gist. 2 H. & G. (Md.) 433: 18 Am. Dec. 29.
4 Hughes v. Moore, 7 Cranch (U. S.) 176; Fisher v. Koontz, 110 la.
whereby he releases his expectancy in his ancestor's estate falls within this clause of the statute.5
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