Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-274

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session
Section 76-274 - Merger of lien with fee; when presumed

Whenever an interest in the fee title to any real estate in this state and an interest in a mortgage or other lien affecting the same interest shall become vested in the same person, and such person subsequently conveys such fee title by deed, unless a contrary intent is expressed by the terms of such deed, it shall be conclusively presumed in favor of subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers for value and without notice, that such lien interest merged with the fee and was conveyed by such deed and that such lien was thereby released from the fee interest so conveyed.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-274

Laws 1935, c. 150, § 1, p. 555; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 76-273; R.S.1943, § 76-274.