Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-106 (2026)

Reservation of property; effect

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An otherwise effective reservation of property by the conveyor reserves the interest the conveyor had prior to the conveyance unless an intent to reserve a different interest is effectively manifested.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1939–2017 · leading case: Beren Corp. v. Spader, 255 N.W.2d 247 (Neb. 1977).
Beren Corp. v. Spader, 255 N.W.2d 247 (Neb. 1977). · cites it 4× “" Section 76-106, R.R.S.1943, provides that an "otherwise effective reservation of property by the conveyor reserves the interest the conveyor had prior to the conveyance unless an intent to reserve a different interest is effectively manifested.”
Walters v. Sporer, 298 Neb. 536 (Neb. 2017). · cites it 2× “48 The Legislature’s intent to modify and eliminate such common- law technicalities and exactions was codified in its adoption of the Uniform Property Act, Neb.”
Maxwell v. Hamel, 292 N.W. 38 (Neb. 1940). · cites it 2× “What rights to the property did the defendant receive by the deed of 1920? At the time of his conveyance to the defendant in 1920, the father was the owner of an undivided one-half interest in fee and the owner of a life estate in the remaining one-half interest.”
Elrod v. Heirs in the Est. of Gifford, 55 N.W.2d 673 (Neb. 1952). “” § 76-106, R. R. S. 1943. An intent to reserve a different interest than the grantor had prior to the deed herein involved is not “effectively manifested” by the terms of the deed “reserving to the grantor herein personally.”
Antelope Prod. Co. v. Shriners Hosp. for Crippled Child., 464 N.W.2d 159 (Neb. 1991). · cites it 2× “§ 76-104 (Reissue 1990), which states that an otherwise effective conveyance of property transfers the entire interest of the grantor unless an intent to transfer a lesser interest is effectively manifested, and with the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-106 (Reissue 1990),…”
Gettel v. Hester, 86 N.W.2d 613 (Neb. 1957). · cites it 2× “” Also, section 76-106, R. R. S. 1943, provides: “An otherwise effective reservation of property by the conveyor reserves the interest the conveyor had prior to *583 the conveyance unless an intent to reserve a different interest is effectively manifested.”
State ex rel. Hunter v. Home Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 288 N.W. 691 (Neb. 1939). · cites it 2× “Even without regard to section 76-106, therefore, we are clearly of the view that what the Act of 1883 intended, and appropriately did, was to grant the church a fee simple defeasible title to the property.”
Hulse v. Tanner, 6 N.W.2d 618 (Neb. 1942). · cites it 2× “1929, reading: “Every devise of land in any will hereafter made, shall be construed to convey all the estate of the devisor therein, which he could lawfully devise, unless it shall clearly appear by the will, that the devisor intended to convey a less estate,” and contend that,…”
Fed. Farm Mortg. Corp. v. Fischer, 290 N.W. 444 (Neb. 1940). · cites it 2× “Section 76-106, Comp. St. 1929, expressly provides: “Every conveyance of real estate shall pass all the interest of the grantor therein, unless a contrary intent can be reasonably inferred from the terms -used.”
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